Re: [RFA]: pending breakpoint support [1/3]

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>]

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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:18:26 -0500
>>From: Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
>>
>>Ok, how about the accompanying patch?
>>
>>-- Jeff J.
>>
>>2004-02-02  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
>>
>>        * NEWS: Add information about new pending breakpoint support.
> 
> 
> Thanks.  Is it possible to modify the wording so that it doesn't use
> passive tense so much?  I'm told by native English speakers that
> passive is BAD...
> 
> For example, this:
> 
> 
>>If a breakpoint location cannot be found, you are queried to see if
>>you wish to make the breakpoint pending on a future shared-library
>>load.
> 
> 
> could be rephrased like this:
> 
>   If a breakpoint location cannot be found, GDB queries you if you
>   wish to make the breakpoint pending on ...
> 
> Etc., you get the point.
> 
> TIA
> 
>

Is the attached ok to commit?


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Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -u -r1.135 NEWS
--- NEWS	5 Feb 2004 19:56:33 -0000	1.135
+++ NEWS	5 Feb 2004 21:31:35 -0000
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 6.0:
 
+* Pending breakpoint support
+
+Support has been added to allow specifying breakpoints in shared libraries
+that have not yet been loaded.  If a breakpoint location cannot be found,
+GDB queries you if you wish to make the breakpoint pending on a
+future shared-library load.  If and when GDB resolves the breakpoint symbol, 
+the pending breakpoint is removed as one or more regular breakpoints are
+created.  Pending breakpoints are very useful for gcj java debugging.
+
 * Removed --with-mmalloc
 
 Support for the mmalloc memory manager has been removed, as it