Re: [PATCH] print '--with{,out}-babeltrace' in 'gdb --configuration'

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:35:31 -0700
> From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
> Cc: Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>, gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
> 
> > diff -u -p -r1.236 top.c
> > --- gdb/top.c   30 May 2013 17:27:44 -0000      1.236
> > +++ gdb/top.c   22 Jun 2013 11:30:47 -0000
> > @@ -1252,6 +1252,9 @@ This GDB was configured as follows:\n\
> >               --without-babeltrace\n\
> >  "));
> >  #endif
> > +    fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\n\
> > + (\"Relocatable\" means directory can be moved with the GDB installation tree.)\n\
> > +"));
> >  }
> 
> If you want to print something here, then I think you need to take
> into account whether "relocatable" is printed at all.

I don't think it's a real danger.  One must invest a non-trivial
effort to have GDB configured without a single relocatable directory.

The requirement was to explain this succinctly.  If the above is not
deemed good enough, I'd rather not say anything at all.

> How about just a sentence or two in the manual near the description of
> --configuration (or some such).

I tried that, but found no good place to say that.  Just saying
something where --configuration is described will get this lost in the
humongous manual, and users will not necessarily know where to look.

Again, if the above is not good enough, let's forget about the whole
thing.