Re: Windows DLL support update (a bit slimmer version)

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 12:05:12PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Is it worth keeping a list of the "target-specific" features that
> > require expat?
> 
> I'd say yes, and that list should be in the user manual, not in
> README.

I can not promise to keep up to date every time, since I've obviously
forgotten this time - in fact, I'd forgotten that there was already
such a list.  I can promise to try, though.  Here's a patch which
updates it; OK to commit?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

2007-10-24  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Files): Correct formatting.  Mention Expat
	requirement.
	(Requirements for Building GDB): Expand the list of Expat
	uses.
	(Library List Format, Memory Map Format): Mention Expat.

Index: gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.439
diff -u -p -r1.439 gdb.texinfo
--- gdb.texinfo	16 Oct 2007 17:36:51 -0000	1.439
+++ gdb.texinfo	24 Oct 2007 19:04:52 -0000
@@ -11795,9 +11795,13 @@ as arguments.  @value{GDBN} always conve
 name and remembers it that way.
 
 @cindex shared libraries
-@value{GDBN} supports GNU/Linux, MS-Windows, HP-UX, SunOS, SVr4, Irix,
+@anchor{Shared Libraries}
+@value{GDBN} supports @sc{gnu}/Linux, MS-Windows, HP-UX, SunOS, SVr4, Irix,
 and IBM RS/6000 AIX shared libraries.
 
+On MS-Windows @value{GDBN} must be compiled with Expat support to support
+shared libraries.  @xref{Expat}.
+
 @value{GDBN} automatically loads symbol definitions from shared libraries
 when you use the @code{run} command, or when you examine a core file.
 (Before you issue the @code{run} command, @value{GDBN} does not understand
@@ -22176,8 +22180,18 @@ The @file{configure} script will search 
 standard locations; if it is installed in an unusual path, you can
 use the @option{--with-libexpat-prefix} option to specify its location.
 
-Expat is used for remote protocol memory maps (@pxref{Memory Map Format})
-and for target descriptions (@pxref{Target Descriptions}).
+Expat is used for:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Remote protocol memory maps (@pxref{Memory Map Format})
+@item
+Target descriptions (@pxref{Target Descriptions})
+@item
+Remote shared library lists (@pxref{Library List Format})
+@item
+MS-Windows shared libraries (@pxref{Shared Libraries})
+@end itemize
 
 @end table
 
@@ -25698,6 +25712,9 @@ where the library was loaded in memory. 
 addresses, not relocation offsets; they do not depend on the library's
 link-time base addresses.
 
+@value{GDBN} must be compiled with Expat support to support XML library
+lists.  @xref{Expat}.
+
 A simple memory map, with one loaded library relocated by a single
 offset, looks like this:
 
@@ -25731,7 +25748,12 @@ memory map.
 
 The memory map is obtained using the @samp{qXfer:memory-map:read}
 (@pxref{qXfer memory map read}) packet and is an XML document that
-lists memory regions.  The top-level structure of the document is shown below:
+lists memory regions.
+
+@value{GDBN} must be compiled with Expat support to support XML memory
+maps.  @xref{Expat}.
+
+The top-level structure of the document is shown below:
 
 @smallexample
 <?xml version="1.0"?>