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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-11-10 Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo: Document set/show backtrace past-entry commands.
+ Rearrange index entries for set/show backtrace past-main.
+
2004-11-10 Jon Beniston <jon@beniston.com>
Committed by Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>.
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@@ -4120,6 +4120,19 @@ default.
@kindex show backtrace
Display the current user entry point backtrace policy.
+@item set backtrace past-entry
+@itemx set backtrace past-entry on
+Backtraces will continue past the internal entry point of an application.
+This entry point is encoded by the linker when the application is built,
+and is likely before the user entry point @code{main} (or equivalent) is called.
+
+@item set backtrace past-entry off
+Backtraces will stop when they encouter the internal entry point of an
+application. This is the default.
+
+@item show backtrace past-entry
+Display the current internal entry point backtrace policy.
+
@item set backtrace limit @var{n}
@itemx set backtrace limit 0
@cindex backtrace limit