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authorMichael Chastain <mec@google.com>2004-06-19 17:33:44 +0000
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2004-06-19 Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
gdb.texinfo (Bug Reporting): Mention session recording, with the script command or Emacs.
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+2004-06-19 Michael Chastain <mec.gnu@mindspring.com>
+
+ gdb.texinfo (Bug Reporting): Mention session recording,
+ with the script command or Emacs.
+
2004-06-18 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
* gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Deprecate
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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@@ -18960,6 +18960,16 @@ ours fails to crash, we would know that the bug was not happening for
us. If you had not told us to expect a crash, then we would not be able
to draw any conclusion from our observations.
+@pindex script
+@cindex recording a session script
+To collect all this information, you can use a session recording program
+such as @command{script}, which is available on many Unix systems.
+Just run your @value{GDBN} session inside @command{script} and then
+include the @file{typescript} file with your bug report.
+
+Another way to record a @value{GDBN} session is to run @value{GDBN}
+inside Emacs and then save the entire buffer to a file.
+
@item
If you wish to suggest changes to the @value{GDBN} source, send us context
diffs. If you even discuss something in the @value{GDBN} source, refer to