From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25610 invoked by alias); 5 Jan 2007 18:59:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 25594 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Jan 2007 18:59:06 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:59:01 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-84-229-118-161.inter.net.il [84.229.118.161]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id GSR66836 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:58:53 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:59:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: Daniel Jacobowitz CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20070105174507.GA31679@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Fri, 5 Jan 2007 12:45:07 -0500) Subject: Re: [rfa] Rename "set solib-absolute-prefix" to "set sysroot", improve docs Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20070105174507.GA31679@nevyn.them.org> 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: 2007-01/txt/msg00199.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 12:45:07 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > Cc: Eli Zaretskii > > 2007-01-05 Daniel Jacobowitz > > * gdb.texinfo (Commands to specify files): Describe > "set sysroot" and "show sysroot". > (Using the `gdbserver' program): Lowercase argument > to @var. Expand description of setting up GDB on the > host. Fine with me, but: > +@item set sysroot @var{path} > +If this variable is set, @value{GDBN} will use @var{path} as the The "set" commands don't set variables, at least we don't usually explain them like that. Btw, what would this command do for Windows-style C:/foo/bar file names? Would it work as users expect?