From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: [doc patch] Use plural for global debug info dir(s)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:02:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120512090227.GA20327@host2.jankratochvil.net> (raw)
Hi Eli,
since
commit 36ae52d16cc9d38cfe317a79bb5d63c624359154
Author: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
Date: Mon Nov 2 14:59:48 2009 +0000
GDB supports multiple paths specified in 'set debug-file-directory'.
Documentation is still inconsistent in this regard.
Thanks,
Jan
gdb/doc/
2012-05-12 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Separate Debug Files): Use plural form for global
debugging information directory.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 38ef079..d927b92 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -16201,7 +16201,7 @@ Show whether a source file may have multiple base names.
@cindex debugging information in separate files
@cindex @file{.debug} subdirectories
@cindex debugging information directory, global
-@cindex global debugging information directory
+@cindex global debugging information directories
@cindex build ID, and separate debugging files
@cindex @file{.build-id} directory
@@ -16247,12 +16247,12 @@ uses two different methods of looking for the debug file:
For the ``debug link'' method, @value{GDBN} looks up the named file in
the directory of the executable file, then in a subdirectory of that
directory named @file{.debug}, and finally under the global debug
-directory, in a subdirectory whose name is identical to the leading
+directories, in a subdirectory whose name is identical to the leading
directories of the executable's absolute file name.
@item
For the ``build ID'' method, @value{GDBN} looks in the
-@file{.build-id} subdirectory of the global debug directory for a file
+@file{.build-id} subdirectory of the global debug directories for a file
named @file{@var{nn}/@var{nnnnnnnn}.debug}, where @var{nn} are the
first 2 hex characters of the build ID bit string, and @var{nnnnnnnn}
are the rest of the bit string. (Real build ID strings are 32 or more
@@ -16262,7 +16262,7 @@ hex characters, not 10.)
So, for example, suppose you ask @value{GDBN} to debug
@file{/usr/bin/ls}, which has a debug link that specifies the
file @file{ls.debug}, and a build ID whose value in hex is
-@code{abcdef1234}. If the global debug directory is
+@code{abcdef1234}. If the global debug directories path component is
@file{/usr/lib/debug}, then @value{GDBN} will look for the following
debug information files, in the indicated order:
@@ -16277,7 +16277,7 @@ debug information files, in the indicated order:
@file{/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ls.debug}.
@end itemize
-You can set the global debugging info directory's name, and view the
+You can set the global debugging info directories, and view the
name @value{GDBN} is currently using.
@table @code
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2012-05-12 9:02 Jan Kratochvil [this message]
2012-05-12 9:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
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