Re: [rfc] Shared libraries over the remote protocol, take two

Jim Blandy
2007-06-18T20:13:14Z

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
> Index: gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> ===================================================================
> --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo.orig 2007-06-18 10:15:05.000000000 -0400
> +++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2007-06-18 10:15:14.000000000 -0400
> @@ -12856,58 +12856,80 @@ If you do, that may be a bug in your rem
> in @value{GDBN}. You may want to report the problem to the
> @value{GDBN} developers.
>
> -The available settings are:
> +For each packet @var{name}, the command to enable or disable the
> +packet is @code{set remote @var{name}-packet}. The available settings
> +are:

Not a big deal by any means, but: while I understand the appeal of not
repeating '-packet' over and over again, I wonder if this is going to
lead to questions as people jump straight to the table and skip the
explanation. It seems to me there's some value in having the table
list exactly what you're supposed to type.