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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 20 |
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index e0f7a66..b4d1ba8 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-04-25 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code) <disassemble-next-line>: Improve and + clarify the wording. + 2009-04-23 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Data Files): New node. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 53fecf3..7ae9e1c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -6071,11 +6071,21 @@ Show the current setting of the disassembly flavor. @kindex show disassemble-next-line @item set disassemble-next-line @itemx show disassemble-next-line -Control whether or not @value{GDBN} will disassemble next source line -when execution stops. If ON, GDB will display disassembly of the next -source line when execution of the program being debugged stops. -If AUTO, or there's no line info to determine the source line of the -next instruction, display disassembly of next instruction instead. +Control whether or not @value{GDBN} will disassemble the next source +line or instruction when execution stops. If ON, @value{GDBN} will +display disassembly of the next source line when execution of the +program being debugged stops. This is @emph{in addition} to +displaying the source line itself, which @value{GDBN} always does if +possible. If the next source line cannot be displayed for some reason +(e.g., if @value{GDBN} cannot find the source file, or there's no line +info in the debug info), @value{GDBN} will display disassembly of the +next @emph{instruction} instead of showing the next source line. If +AUTO, @value{GDBN} will display disassembly of next instruction only +if the source line cannot be displayed. This setting causes +@value{GDBN} to display some feedback when you step through a function +with no line info or whose source file is unavailable. The default is +OFF, which means never display the disassembly of the next line or +instruction. @end table |