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authorPaul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>2009-09-17 17:49:46 +0000
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2009-09-17 Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> * gdb.base/default.exp: Fix "show convenience". doc/ChangeLog 2009-09-17 Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> * gdb.texinfo (convenince variables): Mention $_siginfo could be empty.
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@item $_siginfo
@vindex $_siginfo@r{, convenience variable}
-The variable @code{$_siginfo} is bound to extra signal information
-inspection (@pxref{extra signal information}).
+The variable @code{$_siginfo} contains extra signal information
+(@pxref{extra signal information}). Note that @code{$_siginfo}
+could be empty, if the application has not yet received any signals.
+For example, it will be empty before you execute the @code{run} command.
@end table
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