Re: [doc patch] Use plural for global debug info dir(s)

Eli Zaretskii
2012-05-12T09:31:01Z

> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 11:02:27 +0200
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
>
> 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 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.