(gdb) break abort Function "abort" not defined. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) y Breakpoint 1 (abort) pending. (gdb) set logging on pidgin.full.debug Copying output to pidgin.full.debug. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/ports/net-im/pidgin/work/pidgin-2.2.2/pidgin/pidgin Breakpoint 2 at 0x2810d0ee Pending breakpoint "abort" resolved Assertion failure: lock != NULL, at ../../.././../pr/src/pthreads/ptsynch.c:205 Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x28f5a613 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6