README.md: add instructions to fix core pattern

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moneromooo-monero 7 years ago
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@ -426,9 +426,11 @@ Type `thread apply all bt` within gdb in order to obtain the stack trace
Enter `ulimit -c unlimited` on the command line to enable unlimited filesizes for core dumps
Enter `echo core | sudo tee /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern` to stop cores from being hijacked by other tools
Run the build.
When it terminates with an output along the lines of "Segmentation fault (core dumped)", there should be a core dump file in the same directory as monerod.
When it terminates with an output along the lines of "Segmentation fault (core dumped)", there should be a core dump file in the same directory as monerod. It may be named just `core`, or `core.xxxx` with numbers appended.
You can now analyse this core dump with `gdb` as follows:

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