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authorDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2003-01-22 23:50:35 +0000
committerDaniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>2003-01-22 23:50:35 +0000
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Original patch by Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> and
Jason Molenda <jmolenda@apple.com>. * Makefile.in (PROFILE_CFLAGS): Substitute from configure. (INTERNAL_LDFLAGS): Don't include PROFILE_CFLAGS. * NEWS: Mention profiling. * configure.in (--enable-gdbtk): Fix typo. (--enable-profiling): New. Set PROFILE_CFLAGS. * maint.c (maintenance_set_profile_cmd): Remove NOTYET. Fill in function. (profiling_state): New variable. (mcleanup_wrapper): New function. (_initialize_maint): Remove NOTYET, fix call to add_setshow_boolean_cmd for "maint set profile". * configure: Regenerated.
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*** Changes since GDB 5.3:
+* Profiling support
+
+A new command, "maint set profile on/off", has been added. This command can
+be used to enable or disable profiling while running GDB, to profile a
+session or a set of commands. In addition there is a new configure switch,
+"--enable-profiling", which will cause GDB to be compiled with profiling
+data, for more informative profiling results.
+
* Default MI syntax changed to "mi2".
The default MI (machine interface) syntax, enabled by the command line