diff --git a/apps/app_macro.c b/apps/app_macro.c
index 4002a8b003..557155c711 100644
--- a/apps/app_macro.c
+++ b/apps/app_macro.c
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ static int macroif_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 			label_b++;
 		}
 		if (pbx_checkcondition(expr))
-			macro_exec(chan, label_a);
+			res = macro_exec(chan, label_a);
 		else if (label_b) 
-			macro_exec(chan, label_b);
+			res = macro_exec(chan, label_b);
 	} else
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Invalid Syntax.\n");
 
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/ast_grab_core b/contrib/scripts/ast_grab_core
index 8f405ebddf..4de519c7f8 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/ast_grab_core
+++ b/contrib/scripts/ast_grab_core
@@ -3,8 +3,19 @@
 # lame quickie script to snarf a core of a hung asterisk process.
 # bugs to ast_grab_core, blinky-lights.org  (derrick daugherty)
 
+# we have found that gcore doesn't yield as useful a core file
+# as that yielded by a signal-caused core dump. So we are going to change
+# the strategy to sending a SEGV signal to the asterisk process,
+# and have it 'burn to the ground', leaving behind a core file.
+# the main difference is that you cannot control where the
+# core file will end up. We will assume that safe_asterisk was
+# used to start asterisk, and the core file should therefore end
+# up in /tmp (because safe_asterisk cd's there before starting asterisk).
+# if this is not the case, set DUMPDIR to the place where the core
+# file can be found.
+
 DATE=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`
-DUMPDIR=/var/tmp
+DUMPDIR=/tmp
 HOSTNAME=`hostname`
 ADMINEMAIL="root@localhost"
 
@@ -27,20 +38,16 @@ echo \*\*\* WARNING \*\*\*  If the system is not already locked this will cause
 echo \*\*\* WARNING \*\*\*  process to STOP while memory is dumped to disk.
 echo
 
-/usr/bin/gdb > /dev/null << EOF
-	attach ${PID}
-	gcore ${DUMPDIR}/asterisk_${DATE}.core.${PID}
-	detach
-	quit
-EOF
+/usr/bin/kill -11 ${PID}
 
-echo Snarfed!  ${DUMPDIR}/asterisk_${DATE}.core.${PID}
+echo Snarfed!  ${DUMPDIR}/core.${PID}
 echo
 
 
 echo Trying for a backtrace of the captured core.
-/usr/bin/gdb /usr/sbin/asterisk ${DUMPDIR}/asterisk_${DATE}.core.${PID} > /tmp/gdb_dump.${PID} 2> /dev/null << EOF
+/usr/bin/gdb /usr/sbin/asterisk ${DUMPDIR}/core.${PID} > /tmp/gdb_dump.${PID} 2> /dev/null << EOF
 set prompt \n
+set print pretty\n
 echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n
 echo INFO THREAD
 info thread
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ echo Done trying for a bt.
 
 
 echo Notifying admins of the core.
-/usr/bin/mail -s "${HOSTNAME} core dumped at ${DUMPDIR}/asterisk_${DATE}.core.${PID}" ${ADMINEMAIL} < /tmp/gdb_dump.${PID}
+/usr/bin/mail -s "${HOSTNAME} core dumped at ${DUMPDIR}/core.${PID}" ${ADMINEMAIL} < /tmp/gdb_dump.${PID}
 /bin/rm /tmp/gdb_dump.${PID}
 echo Done.
 echo
diff --git a/res/res_agi.c b/res/res_agi.c
index 8a142c14cd..53cafd58c3 100644
--- a/res/res_agi.c
+++ b/res/res_agi.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,8 @@ static int handle_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, AGI *agi, int argc, char **argv
 	}
 	fdprintf(agi->fd, "200 result=%d\n", res);
 
-	return res >= 0 ? RESULT_SUCCESS : RESULT_FAILURE;
+	/* Even though this is wrong, users are depending upon this result. */
+	return res;
 }
 
 static int handle_setcallerid(struct ast_channel *chan, AGI *agi, int argc, char **argv)