2013-04-05 Nicolas Blanc <nicolas.blanc@intel.com>
* NEWS: Add description of the remove-symbol-file command.
gdb/doc
* gdb.texinfo (Commands to Specify Files): Add description
of the remove-symbol-file command.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Blanc <nicolas.blanc@intel.com>
---
gdb/NEWS | 6 ++++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index eea9917..311a164 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ maint set|show per-command time
maint set|show per-command symtab
Enable display of per-command gdb resource usage.
+remove-symbol-file FILENAME
+remove-symbol-file -a ADDRESS
+ Remove a symbol file added via add-symbol-file. The file to remove
+ can be identified by its filename or by an address pointing inside
+ one of its sections.
+
* New options
set remote trace-status-packet
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index e9b6eae..222d4bd 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -16511,8 +16511,9 @@ section name and base address for that section. You can specify any
The symbol table of the file @var{filename} is added to the symbol table
originally read with the @code{symbol-file} command. You can use the
@code{add-symbol-file} command any number of times; the new symbol data
-thus read keeps adding to the old. To discard all old symbol data
-instead, use the @code{symbol-file} command without any arguments.
+thus read keeps adding to the old.
+
+Changes can be reverted using the command @code{remove-symbol-file}.
@cindex relocatable object files, reading symbols from
@cindex object files, relocatable, reading symbols from
@@ -16550,6 +16551,27 @@ way.
@code{add-symbol-file} does not repeat if you press @key{RET} after using it.
+@kindex remove-symbol-file
+@item remove-symbol-file @var{filename}
+@item remove-symbol-file -a @var{address}
+Remove a symbol file added via the @code{add-symbol-file} command. The
+file to remove can be identified by its filename or by an address pointing
+inside one of its sections. Example: