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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index ffaf068..59f1eff 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,21 @@ 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. + (Set Watchpoints) <hardware watchpoints>: Don't mention HP-UX. + Reword in terms of architectures. + (Set Catchpoints) <catch exec, catch fork, catch vfork>: Don't + mention supported systems. + (Convenience Vars): Don't mention HP-UX. + (Jumping): Remove mention of HP-UX in comment. + (Files) <shared libraries>: Update supported shared library types + list. Remove mention of HP-UX. + (Native): Remove HP-UX subsection. + (SVR4 Process Information): Remove mention of HP-UX. + +2015-12-10 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> + * gdb.texinfo (Stack): Reorder menu. 2015-12-09 Luis Machado <lgustavo@codesourcery.com> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 85668e5..e8b419c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -2819,7 +2819,7 @@ space as a result of inferior 1 having executed a @code{vfork} call. @cindex threads of execution @cindex multiple threads @cindex switching threads -In some operating systems, such as HP-UX and Solaris, a single program +In some operating systems, such as GNU/Linux and Solaris, a single program may have more than one @dfn{thread} of execution. The precise semantics of threads differ from one operating system to another, but in general the threads of a single program are akin to multiple processes---except @@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ whose form varies depending on the particular system. For example, on @end smallexample @noindent -when @value{GDBN} notices a new thread. In contrast, on an SGI system, +when @value{GDBN} notices a new thread. In contrast, on other systems, the @var{systag} is simply something like @samp{process 368}, with no further qualifier. @@ -3130,10 +3130,10 @@ get its process ID. Then tell @value{GDBN} (a new invocation of the child process (@pxref{Attach}). From that point on you can debug the child process just like any other process which you attached to. -On some systems, @value{GDBN} provides support for debugging programs that -create additional processes using the @code{fork} or @code{vfork} functions. -Currently, the only platforms with this feature are HP-UX (11.x and later -only?) and @sc{gnu}/Linux (kernel version 2.5.60 and later). +On some systems, @value{GDBN} provides support for debugging programs +that create additional processes using the @code{fork} or @code{vfork} +functions. On @sc{gnu}/Linux platforms, this feature is supported +with kernel version 2.5.60 and later. The fork debugging commands are supported in both native mode and when connected to @code{gdbserver} using @kbd{target extended-remote}. @@ -3444,11 +3444,7 @@ should stop by line number, function name or exact address in the program. On some systems, you can set breakpoints in shared libraries before -the executable is run. There is a minor limitation on HP-UX systems: -you must wait until the executable is run in order to set breakpoints -in shared library routines that are not called directly by the program -(for example, routines that are arguments in a @code{pthread_create} -call). +the executable is run. @cindex watchpoints @cindex data breakpoints @@ -3985,9 +3981,9 @@ times slower than normal execution. (But this may still be worth it, to catch errors where you have no clue what part of your program is the culprit.) -On some systems, such as HP-UX, PowerPC, @sc{gnu}/Linux and most other -x86-based targets, @value{GDBN} includes support for hardware -watchpoints, which do not slow down the running of your program. +On some systems, such as most PowerPC or x86-based targets, +@value{GDBN} includes support for hardware watchpoints, which do not +slow down the running of your program. @table @code @kindex watch @@ -4281,8 +4277,7 @@ A failed Ada assertion. @item exec @kindex catch exec @cindex break on fork/exec -A call to @code{exec}. This is currently only available for HP-UX -and @sc{gnu}/Linux. +A call to @code{exec}. @item syscall @itemx syscall @r{[}@var{name} @r{|} @var{number}@r{]} @dots{} @@ -4418,13 +4413,11 @@ Again, in this case @value{GDBN} would not be able to display syscall's names. @item fork @kindex catch fork -A call to @code{fork}. This is currently only available for HP-UX -and @sc{gnu}/Linux. +A call to @code{fork}. @item vfork @kindex catch vfork -A call to @code{vfork}. This is currently only available for HP-UX -and @sc{gnu}/Linux. +A call to @code{vfork}. @item load @r{[}regexp@r{]} @itemx unload @r{[}regexp@r{]} @@ -10401,10 +10394,6 @@ This variable contains the address of the thread information block. @end table -On HP-UX systems, if you refer to a function or variable name that -begins with a dollar sign, @value{GDBN} searches for a user or system -name first, before it searches for a convenience variable. - @node Convenience Funs @section Convenience Functions @@ -17122,7 +17111,6 @@ executing. However, even bizarre results are predictable if you are well acquainted with the machine-language code of your program. @end table -@c Doesn't work on HP-UX; have to set $pcoqh and $pcoqt. On many systems, you can get much the same effect as the @code{jump} command by storing a new value into the register @code{$pc}. The difference is that this does not start your program running; it only @@ -18069,8 +18057,9 @@ name and remembers it that way. @cindex shared libraries @anchor{Shared Libraries} -@value{GDBN} supports @sc{gnu}/Linux, MS-Windows, HP-UX, SunOS, SVr4, Irix, -and IBM RS/6000 AIX shared libraries. +@value{GDBN} supports @sc{gnu}/Linux, MS-Windows, SunOS, +Darwin/Mach-O, SVr4, IBM RS/6000 AIX, QNX Neutrino, FDPIC (FR-V), and +DSBT (TIC6X) shared libraries. On MS-Windows @value{GDBN} must be linked with the Expat library to support shared libraries. @xref{Expat}. @@ -18081,9 +18070,6 @@ when you use the @code{run} command, or when you examine a core file. references to a function in a shared library, however---unless you are debugging a core file). -On HP-UX, if the program loads a library explicitly, @value{GDBN} -automatically loads the symbols at the time of the @code{shl_load} call. - @c FIXME: some @value{GDBN} release may permit some refs to undef @c FIXME...symbols---eg in a break cmd---assuming they are from a shared @c FIXME...lib; check this from time to time when updating manual @@ -20630,7 +20616,6 @@ This section describes details specific to particular native configurations. @menu -* HP-UX:: HP-UX * BSD libkvm Interface:: Debugging BSD kernel memory images * SVR4 Process Information:: SVR4 process information * DJGPP Native:: Features specific to the DJGPP port @@ -20639,14 +20624,6 @@ configurations. * Darwin:: Features specific to Darwin @end menu -@node HP-UX -@subsection HP-UX - -On HP-UX systems, if you refer to a function or variable name that -begins with a dollar sign, @value{GDBN} searches for a user or system -name first, before it searches for a convenience variable. - - @node BSD libkvm Interface @subsection BSD libkvm Interface @@ -20701,7 +20678,7 @@ If @value{GDBN} is configured for an operating system with this facility, the command @code{info proc} is available to report information about the process running your program, or about any process running on your system. This includes, as of this writing, -@sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris, but not HP-UX, for example. +@sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris, for example. This command may also work on core files that were created on a system that has the @samp{/proc} facility. |