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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2012-07-20 17:38:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2012-07-20 17:38:05 +0000 |
| commit | e615022aba277cd9a14aa70e2458680e152849fa (patch) | |
| tree | e7f46d44fada0e2f7fb9b16b8f4653f6df98ed5f /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | 64776a0b2d88d40f308304194d26b766bb12b7e3 (diff) | |
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* NEWS: Document new options "set/show use-deprecated-index-sections",
and delete reference to --use-deprecated-index-sections.
* symfile.h (use_deprecated_index_sections): Delete.
* dwarf2read.c (use_deprecated_index_sections): Make static.
(read_index_from_section): Update wording of how to load
deprecated index sections.
(_initialize_dwarf2_read): New options
"set/show use-deprecated-index-sections".
* main.c (captured_main): Delete --use-deprecated-index-sections.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Delete --use-deprecated-index-sections.
(Index Files): Document how to control the use of deprecated index
sections.
(Index Section Format): Replace --use-deprecated-index-sections with
"set use-deprecated-index-sections on".
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/NEWS | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ * The .gdb_index section has been updated to include symbols for inlined functions. GDB will ignore older .gdb_index sections by default, which could cause symbol files to be loaded more slowly - until their .gdb_index sections can be recreated. The new option - --use-deprecated-index-sections will cause GDB to use any older - .gdb_index sections it finds. This will restore performance, but - the ability to set breakpoints on inlined functions will be lost - in symbol files with older .gdb_index sections. + until their .gdb_index sections can be recreated. The new command + "set use-deprecated-index-sections on" will cause GDB to use any older + .gdb_index sections it finds. This will restore performance, but the + ability to set breakpoints on inlined functions will be lost in symbol + files with older .gdb_index sections. The .gdb_index section has also been updated to record more information about each symbol. This speeds up the "info variables", "info functions" @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ * New commands + ** "set use-deprecated-index-sections on|off" + "show use-deprecated-index-sections on|off" + Controls the use of deprecated .gdb_index sections. + ** "catch load" and "catch unload" can be used to stop when a shared library is loaded or unloaded, respectively. |