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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index a1f9217..a902084 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -2846,10 +2846,17 @@ line, then stop it and return control to @value{GDBN}. This command is abbreviated @code{s}. @quotation +@c "without debugging information" is imprecise; actually "without line +@c numbers in the debugging information". (gcc -g1 has debugging info but +@c not line numbers). But it seems complex to try to make that +@c distinction here. @emph{Warning:} If you use the @code{step} command while control is within a function that was compiled without debugging information, execution proceeds until control reaches a function that does have -debugging information. +debugging information. Likewise, it will not step into a function which +is compiled without debugging information. To step through functions +without debugging information, use the @code{stepi} command, described +below. @end quotation @item step @var{count} |