> <tom@minnesota.com> writes:
>> There are thousands of these lines in gdb:
>> #14133 0x160034458 in _rtld_start () from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so
>> #14134 0x160034458 in _rtld_start () from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so
>> #14135 0x160034458 in _rtld_start () from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so
>
> I'd say the thing is already hosed at this point --- can you dig
> down to the bottom of the call stack and see what's under the infinite
> recursion?
(gdb) bt
#0 0x160275d84 in strlen () from /usr/lib/libc.so.12
#1 0x120010a10 in print_aligned_text ()
#2 0x120012ea8 in printTable ()
#3 0x120015a94 in describeTableDetails ()
#4 0x1200041f0 in exec_command ()
#5 0x120003a50 in HandleSlashCmds ()
#6 0x12000bb8c in MainLoop ()
#7 0x12000d974 in main ()
#8 0x1200036a4 in __start ()
#9 0x160034458 in _rtld_start () from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so
#10 0x160034458 in _rtld_start () from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so
#11 0x160034458 in _rtld_start () from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so
#12 0x160034458 in _rtld_start () from /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so
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