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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2015-12-10 17:47:57 +0000
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2015-12-10 17:47:57 +0000
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[gdb/doc] Explain that there's always a thread
This warning is a few years out of date -- there's always a thread nowadays. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Threads): Replace warning with explanation about single-threaded programs.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 59f1eff..fc81d09 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2015-12-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+ * gdb.texinfo (Threads): Replace warning with explanation
+ about single-threaded programs.
+
+2015-12-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+
* gdb.texinfo (Threads): Remove mention of SGI.
(Forks): Remove mention of HP-UX.
(Breakpoints): Remove mention of HP-UX.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index e8b419c..bb68e21 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -2844,24 +2844,6 @@ the user specify which @code{libthread_db} to use if the default choice
isn't compatible with the program.
@end itemize
-@quotation
-@emph{Warning:} These facilities are not yet available on every
-@value{GDBN} configuration where the operating system supports threads.
-If your @value{GDBN} does not support threads, these commands have no
-effect. For example, a system without thread support shows no output
-from @samp{info threads}, and always rejects the @code{thread} command,
-like this:
-
-@smallexample
-(@value{GDBP}) info threads
-(@value{GDBP}) thread 1
-Thread ID 1 not known. Use the "info threads" command to
-see the IDs of currently known threads.
-@end smallexample
-@c FIXME to implementors: how hard would it be to say "sorry, this GDB
-@c doesn't support threads"?
-@end quotation
-
@cindex focus of debugging
@cindex current thread
The @value{GDBN} thread debugging facility allows you to observe all
@@ -2903,6 +2885,10 @@ further qualifier.
For debugging purposes, @value{GDBN} associates its own thread
number---always a single integer---with each thread in your program.
+From @value{GDBN}'s perspective, a process always has at least one
+thread. In other words, @value{GDBN} assigns a thread number to the
+program's ``main thread'' even if the program is not multi-threaded.
+
@table @code
@kindex info threads
@item info threads @r{[}@var{id}@dots{}@r{]}