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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 16 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 995493f..4d23eb0 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2012-05-12 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> + Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * gdb.texinfo (Separate Debug Files): Use plural form for global + debugging information directory. + 2012-05-11 Stan Shebs <stan@codesourcery.com> Kwok Cheung Yeung <kcy@codesourcery.com> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index be004ab..86f1dd3 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -16287,7 +16287,7 @@ Show whether a source file may have multiple base names. @cindex debugging information in separate files @cindex @file{.debug} subdirectories @cindex debugging information directory, global -@cindex global debugging information directory +@cindex global debugging information directories @cindex build ID, and separate debugging files @cindex @file{.build-id} directory @@ -16332,14 +16332,14 @@ uses two different methods of looking for the debug file: @item For the ``debug link'' method, @value{GDBN} looks up the named file in the directory of the executable file, then in a subdirectory of that -directory named @file{.debug}, and finally under the global debug -directory, in a subdirectory whose name is identical to the leading +directory named @file{.debug}, and finally under each one of the global debug +directories, in a subdirectory whose name is identical to the leading directories of the executable's absolute file name. @item For the ``build ID'' method, @value{GDBN} looks in the -@file{.build-id} subdirectory of the global debug directory for a file -named @file{@var{nn}/@var{nnnnnnnn}.debug}, where @var{nn} are the +@file{.build-id} subdirectory of each one of the global debug directories for +a file named @file{@var{nn}/@var{nnnnnnnn}.debug}, where @var{nn} are the first 2 hex characters of the build ID bit string, and @var{nnnnnnnn} are the rest of the bit string. (Real build ID strings are 32 or more hex characters, not 10.) @@ -16348,7 +16348,7 @@ hex characters, not 10.) So, for example, suppose you ask @value{GDBN} to debug @file{/usr/bin/ls}, which has a debug link that specifies the file @file{ls.debug}, and a build ID whose value in hex is -@code{abcdef1234}. If the global debug directory is +@code{abcdef1234}. If the list of the global debug directories includes @file{/usr/lib/debug}, then @value{GDBN} will look for the following debug information files, in the indicated order: @@ -16363,8 +16363,8 @@ debug information files, in the indicated order: @file{/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ls.debug}. @end itemize -You can set the global debugging info directory's name, and view the -name @value{GDBN} is currently using. +You can set the global debugging info directories, and view the +list @value{GDBN} is currently using. @table @code |