From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11972 invoked by alias); 12 May 2012 09:31:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 11960 invoked by uid 22791); 12 May 2012 09:31:00 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il (HELO mtaout23.012.net.il) (80.179.55.175) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sat, 12 May 2012 09:30:37 +0000 Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0M3W00900KOFR500@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Sat, 12 May 2012 12:30:36 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.210.75]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0M3W00977L2ZIJJ0@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Sat, 12 May 2012 12:30:36 +0300 (IDT) Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:31:00 -0000 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: [doc patch] Use plural for global debug info dir(s) In-reply-to: <20120512090227.GA20327@host2.jankratochvil.net> To: Jan Kratochvil Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: <83likxycav.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20120512090227.GA20327@host2.jankratochvil.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 X-SW-Source: 2012-05/txt/msg00472.txt.bz2 > Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 11:02:27 +0200 > From: Jan Kratochvil > > since > commit 36ae52d16cc9d38cfe317a79bb5d63c624359154 > Author: Jan Kratochvil > 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 for catching this. > 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. I would rephrase slightly ... and finally under each one of the global debug directories, in a subdirectory whose name is identical to the leading directories of the executable's absolute file name. > 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Likewise here: "of each one of the global debug directories". > -@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: If the list of the global debug directories includes @file{/usr/lib/debug}, then @value{GDBN} will look ... > -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. ^^^^ I would use "list" here, as it's no longer a single name. OK with those changes.