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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 4c1d5e8..bb958cf 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -11197,7 +11197,7 @@ For example, it will be empty before you execute the @code{run} command. @vindex $_tlb@r{, convenience variable} The variable @code{$_tlb} is automatically set when debugging applications running on MS-Windows in native mode or connected to -gdbserver that supports the @code{qGetTIBAddr} request. +gdbserver that supports the @code{qGetTIBAddr} request. @xref{General Query Packets}. This variable contains the address of the thread information block. @@ -11211,6 +11211,17 @@ The thread number of the current thread. @xref{thread numbers}. @item $_gthread The global number of the current thread. @xref{global thread numbers}. +@item $_gdb_major +@itemx $_gdb_minor +@vindex $_gdb_major@r{, convenience variable} +@vindex $_gdb_minor@r{, convenience variable} +The major and minor version numbers of the running @value{GDBN}. +Development snapshots and pretest versions have their minor version +incremented by one; thus, @value{GDBN} pretest 9.11.90 will produce +the value 12 for @code{$_gdb_minor}. These variables allow you to +write scripts that work with different versions of @value{GDBN} +without errors caused by features unavailable in some of those +versions. @end table @node Convenience Funs |