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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2014-07-20 15:36:23 -0700
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2014-07-20 15:36:23 -0700
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Improve error message to cope with pr 17147.
PR server/17147 * remote.c (putpkt_binary): Add text to error message.
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2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 164a2a2..172021e 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-07-20 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
+
+ PR server/17147
+ * remote.c (putpkt_binary): Add text to error message.
+
2014-07-20 Yao Qi <yao@codesourcery.com>
* eval.c: Remove "Chill" from comments.
diff --git a/gdb/remote.c b/gdb/remote.c
index 76efefa..29c03bc 100644
--- a/gdb/remote.c
+++ b/gdb/remote.c
@@ -7149,7 +7149,11 @@ putpkt_binary (char *buf, int cnt)
running. This is not a problem in non-stop mode, because in that
case, the stub is always ready to process serial input. */
if (!non_stop && target_can_async_p () && rs->waiting_for_stop_reply)
- error (_("Cannot execute this command while the target is running."));
+ {
+ error (_("Cannot execute this command while the target is running.\n"
+ "Use the \"interrupt\" command to stop the target\n"
+ "and then try again."));
+ }
/* We're sending out a new packet. Make sure we don't look at a
stale cached response. */