cvs dumps core file.. but gdb doesn't recognize that?

[Sundar Narasimhan]

Hi, I'm working on AIX. I had an uneventful compile/install of cvs
with gcc. But when we attempt to use it.. we find strange 30 odd
megabyte core files in /tmp/cvs-<pid>.

Weird thing is gdb doesn't seem to be able to read them..
Any help will be much appreciated. I've included version numbers
below..

How can I go about debugging this? I'd like a working version of
CVS... obviously.

Thanks.
--
everest% ls -alt core
-rw-rw-rw-   1 chad     ascent   34917851 Jan 17 20:26 core

-- 
everest% gdb /usr/local/bin/cvs ./core
GNU gdb 5.2.1
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
details.
This GDB was configured as "powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.2.0"...
"/tmp/cvs-serv27264/./core" is not a core dump: File format not
recognized

--
everest% gdb -v
GNU gdb 5.2.1
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
details.
This GDB was configured as "powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.2.0".

everest% gcc -v
Reading specs from
/eapps/local/lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.2.0/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
everest% oslevel
4.3.2.0
everest% uname -a
AIX everest 3 4 000115694C00
everest% cvs -version

Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.11.4 (client/server)

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                        Jeff Polk, and other authors

CVS may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public
License,
a copy of which can be found with the CVS distribution kit.