From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3682 invoked by alias); 12 May 2018 06:07:37 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 3672 invoked by uid 89); 12 May 2018 06:07:36 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KAM_SHORT,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=online X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sat, 12 May 2018 06:07:34 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHNgm-0003aP-80 for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Sat, 12 May 2018 02:07:33 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:53226) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fHNgm-0003aJ-4r; Sat, 12 May 2018 02:07:28 -0400 Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1057 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fHNgl-0001i1-Jq; Sat, 12 May 2018 02:07:28 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 15:51:00 -0000 Message-Id: <83603to19c.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Tom Tromey CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20180511194008.16382-1-tom@tromey.com> (message from Tom Tromey on Fri, 11 May 2018 13:40:08 -0600) Subject: Re: [RFA] Remove some text from --version output Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20180511194008.16382-1-tom@tromey.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-05/txt/msg00317.txt.bz2 > From: Tom Tromey > Cc: Tom Tromey > Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 13:40:08 -0600 > > I happened to notice recently that "gdb --version" says: > > GNU gdb (GDB) 8.0.50.20170911-git > Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" > and "show warranty" for details. > This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu". > Type "show configuration" for configuration details. > For bug reporting instructions, please see: > . > Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: > . > For help, type "help". > Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word". > > This is a bit on the wordy side, but also references interactive > commands, which I think doesn't really make sense for --version. The text shows details usually shown in the "About" screen by other programs. > Now the --version output looks like: > > GNU gdb (GDB) 8.1.50.20180511-git > Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. > There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > This GDB was configured as "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu". > For bug reporting instructions, please see: > . > Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: > . FWIW, I don't think I'd like to lose the text you removed. At the very least, the line about "show configuration" should be retained. It is also quite common to show important commands at the initial screen, e.g. see what Python or Guile show there.