[gcc r14-9027] libstdc++: Improve docs for debug mode backtraces

Jonathan Wakely redi@gcc.gnu.org
Fri Feb 16 10:48:28 GMT 2024


https://gcc.gnu.org/g:1aef0a9b07766d100a218ef3e9576d0a0dd35a2d

commit r14-9027-g1aef0a9b07766d100a218ef3e9576d0a0dd35a2d
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 16 10:43:19 2024 +0000

    libstdc++: Improve docs for debug mode backtraces
    
    The configure option is no longer necessary.
    
    libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
    
            * doc/xml/manual/debug_mode.xml: Update docs for backtraces.
            * doc/html/manual/debug_mode_using.html: Regenerate.

Diff:
---
 libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/debug_mode_using.html | 9 ++++-----
 libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug_mode.xml         | 9 ++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/debug_mode_using.html b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/debug_mode_using.html
index e26d06c91799..70d6692f5140 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/debug_mode_using.html
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/debug_mode_using.html
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
   78 characters.  The environment variable
   <code class="code">GLIBCXX_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LENGTH</code> can be used to request a
   different length.</p><p>Note that libstdc++ is able to produce backtraces on error.
-  It requires that you configure libstdc++ build with
-  <code class="option">--enable-libstdcxx-backtrace=yes</code>.
-  Use <code class="code">-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_BACKTRACE</code> to activate it.
-  You'll then have to link with libstdc++_libbacktrace static library
-  (<code class="option">-lstdc++_libbacktrace</code>) to build your application.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="debug_mode.using.specific"></a>Using a Specific Debug Container</h3></div></div></div><p>When it is not feasible to recompile your entire application, or
+  To enable these, compile with <code class="code">-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_BACKTRACE</code>
+  and then link with <code class="option">-lstdc++exp</code>.
+  These backtraces are not supported on all platforms.
+</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="debug_mode.using.specific"></a>Using a Specific Debug Container</h3></div></div></div><p>When it is not feasible to recompile your entire application, or
   only specific containers need checking, debugging containers are
   available as GNU extensions. These debugging containers are
   functionally equivalent to the standard drop-in containers used in
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug_mode.xml b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug_mode.xml
index ac15ef6f6d07..a12158fa03ea 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug_mode.xml
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/debug_mode.xml
@@ -162,11 +162,10 @@ which always works correctly.
   different length.</para>
 
 <para>Note that libstdc++ is able to produce backtraces on error.
-  It requires that you configure libstdc++ build with
-  <option>--enable-libstdcxx-backtrace=yes</option>.
-  Use <code>-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_BACKTRACE</code> to activate it.
-  You'll then have to link against libstdc++exp static library
-  (<option>-lstdc++exp</option>) to build your application.</para>
+  To enable these, compile with <code>-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_BACKTRACE</code>
+  and then link with <option>-lstdc++exp</option>.
+  These backtraces are not supported on all platforms.
+</para>
 </section>
 
 <section xml:id="debug_mode.using.specific" xreflabel="Using Specific"><info><title>Using a Specific Debug Container</title></info>


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