Why does the OS print the following message "/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern contains a stale value, consider resetting it to 'core' in /var/log/messages file?

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Issue

  • Why does the OS print the following message "/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern contains a stale value, consider resetting it to 'core' in /var/log/messages file?
    From /var/log/messages
abrt[XXX]: abrtd is not running. If it crashed, /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern contains a stale value,  consider resetting it to 'core'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • abrt

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