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| author | Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> | 2004-01-13 21:31:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> | 2004-01-13 21:31:07 +0000 |
| commit | b51970ac88769cc2f632d35d4ed2965ff987d802 (patch) | |
| tree | e0068f6b9f4518376fbd0a4104ceeac60fb35709 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | c84cd8eead90f15c04d45d98d53388bc9040869f (diff) | |
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* gdb.texinfo: Update copyright year. Mention that set
follow-fork-mode is supported on GNU/Linux. Remove documentation
of "set follow-fork-mode ask".
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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 11 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index dd942753..3df808d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2004-01-13 Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> + + * gdb.texinfo: Update copyright year. Mention that set + follow-fork-mode is supported on GNU/Linux. Remove documentation of + "set follow-fork-mode ask". + 2004-01-13 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> * gdbint.texinfo: Update copyright year. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index bc231b4..e1f54dd 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ development.'' @vskip 0pt plus 1filll Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, -1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @sp 2 Published by the Free Software Foundation @* 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, @* @@ -2289,9 +2289,10 @@ get its process ID. Then tell @value{GDBN} (a new invocation of the child process (@pxref{Attach}). From that point on you can debug the child process just like any other process which you attached to. -On HP-UX (11.x and later only?), @value{GDBN} provides support for -debugging programs that create additional processes using the -@code{fork} or @code{vfork} function. +On some systems, @value{GDBN} provides support for debugging programs that +create additional processes using the @code{fork} or @code{vfork} functions. +Currently, the only platforms with this feature are HP-UX (11.x and later +only?) and GNU/Linux (kernel version 2.5.60 and later). By default, when a program forks, @value{GDBN} will continue to debug the parent process and the child process will run unimpeded. @@ -2315,8 +2316,6 @@ unimpeded. This is the default. The new process is debugged after a fork. The parent process runs unimpeded. -@item ask -The debugger will ask for one of the above choices. @end table @item show follow-fork-mode |