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-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo15
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 4f7e442..078df59 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-22 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Fix last change.
+
2006-05-22 Christopher Faylor <cgf@timesys.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Document set/show cygwin-exceptions.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index d17c71e..91c378e8 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -13518,14 +13518,21 @@ This command loads symbols from a dll similarly to
add-sym command but without the need to specify a base address.
@kindex set cygwin-exceptions
+@cindex debugging the Cygwin DLL
+@cindex Cygwin DLL, debugging
@item set cygwin-exceptions @var{mode}
-If @var{mode} is @code{on} gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself.
-If @var{mode} is @code{off} gdb will delay recognition of exceptions and may ignore
-some exceptions which seem to be caused by internal cygwin DLL "bookkeeping".
+If @var{mode} is @code{on}, @value{GDBN} will break on exceptions that
+happen inside the Cygwin DLL. If @var{mode} is @code{off},
+@value{GDBN} will delay recognition of exceptions, and may ignore some
+exceptions which seem to be caused by internal Cygwin DLL
+``bookkeeping''. This option is meant primarily for debugging the
+Cygwin DLL itself; the default value is @code{off} to avoid annoying
+@value{GDBN} users with false @code{SIGSEGV} signals.
@kindex show cygwin-exceptions
@item show cygwin-exceptions
-Displays whether gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself.
+Displays whether @value{GDBN} will break on exceptions that happen
+inside the Cygwin DLL itself.
@kindex set new-console
@item set new-console @var{mode}