From: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
To: Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>, Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't mention "Unix" in native target name.
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:13:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADPb22S5nkRENk-aWAPx_HU7JgBXhfffUD8Vi9=kA_eC91zTSQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140312131607.GA5531@blade.nx>
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote:
> Pedro Alves wrote:
>> I wonder whether anyone would miss this badly? The difference would be:
>>
>> (gdb) maint print target-stack
>> The current target stack is:
>> - multi-thread (multi-threaded child process.)
>> - - child (Unix child process)
>> + - child (Child process)
>> - exec (Local exec file)
>> - None (None)
>>
>> (gdb) help target child
>> - Unix child process (started by the "run" command).
>> + Child process (started by the "run" command).
>>
>> I find it unnecessary (and really slightly a lie) on GNU/Linux.
>>
>> It's also odd that e.g., the Windows port says "Unix" in reaction to
>> "target child" (it was already that way before Windows used
>> inf-child.c).
>>
>> How about we just say the same mostly everywhere?
>
> I'm all for this.
>
>> In the same vein, I'd also rename Solaris/procfs.c's "target procfs"
>> to "target child".
>
> Ditto.
+1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-13 0:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-12 12:38 Pedro Alves
2014-03-12 13:16 ` Gary Benson
2014-03-13 0:13 ` Doug Evans [this message]
2014-03-13 12:30 ` Pedro Alves
2014-03-12 13:37 ` Rename Solaris's target to "target child" like most other ports Pedro Alves
2014-03-13 7:39 ` Joel Brobecker
2014-03-13 12:32 ` Pedro Alves
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