Re: [PATCH]*3 Re: [RFC] "info powerpc"

Eli Zaretskii
2005-09-15T03:34:08Z

> From: Paul Gilliam <pgilliam@us.ibm.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:10:39 -0700
>
> The second, 'altivec_alias.patch', functions like the first, except that infcmd.c is not touched. Instead, an 'info powerpc altivec' command
> is added that turns itself into an alias for "info vector" the first time it's called. This can't be done with add_com_alias because the alias and
> the command being aliased are on different command chains.
>
> The final patch, 'no_more_altivec.patch' depreciates the "info powerpc" command prefix and changes the testsuite to use "info vector". To make
> this work, 'lookup_cmd_composition' in cli/cli-decode.c had to be changed so that a prefix command that has no sub-commands
> can be depreciated.

Please accompany any changes to user-visible behavior (such as new
commands or changes in how existing command behave) with appropriate
changes to the user manual. Thanks.