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author | Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> | 2015-08-11 17:09:36 -0700 |
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committer | Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com> | 2015-08-11 17:09:36 -0700 |
commit | 629500fae69737a6230a564e8fef1f42c3ef1116 (patch) | |
tree | 36d244a077f90a27daf1b17e18ceba36d6eadf1d /gdb/NEWS | |
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Explicit locations: documentation updates
This patch adds documentation for explicit locations to both the
User Manual and gdb's online help system.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Mention explicit locations.
* breakpoint.c [LOCATION_HELP_STRING]: New macro.
[BREAK_ARGS_HELP]: Use LOCATION_HELP_STRING.
(_initialize_breakpoint): Update documentation for
"clear", "break", "trace", "strace", "ftrace", and "dprintf".
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Thread-Specific Breakpoints, Printing Source Lines):
Use "location(s)"instead of "linespec(s)".
(Specifying a Location): Rewrite.
Add subsections describing linespec, address, and explicit locations.
Add node/menu for each subsection.
(Source and Machine Code, C Preprocessor Macros)
(Create and Delete Trace points)
(Extensions for Ada Tasks): Use "location(s)" instead of "linespec(s)".
(Continuing at a Different Address): Remove "linespec" examples.
Add reference to "Specify a Location"
(The -break-insert Command): Rewrite. Add anchor.
Add reference to appropriate manual section discussing locations.
(The -dprintf-insert Command): Refer to -break-insert for
specification of 'location'.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.base/help.exp: Update help_breakpoint_text.
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@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ * The 'record instruction-history' command now indicates speculative execution when using the Intel(R) Processor Trace recording format. +* GDB now allows users to specify explicit locations, bypassing + the linespec parser. This feature is also available to GDB/MI + clients. + * New commands maint set target-non-stop (on|off|auto) |