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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2012-05-12 14:20:31 +0000
committerJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2012-05-12 14:20:31 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (Separate Debug Files): Use plural form for global debugging information directory.
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo16
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 995493f..4d23eb0 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-05-12 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+ Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Separate Debug Files): Use plural form for global
+ debugging information directory.
+
2012-05-11 Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com>
Kwok Cheung Yeung <kcy@codesourcery.com>
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index be004ab..86f1dd3 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -16287,7 +16287,7 @@ Show whether a source file may have multiple base names.
@cindex debugging information in separate files
@cindex @file{.debug} subdirectories
@cindex debugging information directory, global
-@cindex global debugging information directory
+@cindex global debugging information directories
@cindex build ID, and separate debugging files
@cindex @file{.build-id} directory
@@ -16332,14 +16332,14 @@ uses two different methods of looking for the debug file:
@item
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
+directory named @file{.debug}, 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.
@item
For the ``build ID'' method, @value{GDBN} looks in the
-@file{.build-id} subdirectory of the global debug directory for a file
-named @file{@var{nn}/@var{nnnnnnnn}.debug}, where @var{nn} are the
+@file{.build-id} subdirectory of each one of the global debug directories for
+a file named @file{@var{nn}/@var{nnnnnnnn}.debug}, where @var{nn} are the
first 2 hex characters of the build ID bit string, and @var{nnnnnnnn}
are the rest of the bit string. (Real build ID strings are 32 or more
hex characters, not 10.)
@@ -16348,7 +16348,7 @@ hex characters, not 10.)
So, for example, suppose you ask @value{GDBN} to debug
@file{/usr/bin/ls}, which has a debug link that specifies the
file @file{ls.debug}, and a build ID whose value in hex is
-@code{abcdef1234}. If the global debug directory is
+@code{abcdef1234}. If the list of the global debug directories includes
@file{/usr/lib/debug}, then @value{GDBN} will look for the following
debug information files, in the indicated order:
@@ -16363,8 +16363,8 @@ debug information files, in the indicated order:
@file{/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ls.debug}.
@end itemize
-You can set the global debugging info directory's name, and view the
-name @value{GDBN} is currently using.
+You can set the global debugging info directories, and view the
+list @value{GDBN} is currently using.
@table @code