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RFA: update gdb.texinfo for .gdb_index version 7
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Douglas Evans <dje at google dot com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:12:00 -0600
- Subject: RFA: update gdb.texinfo for .gdb_index version 7
Jakub pointed out that the .gdb_index documentation was partially, but
not fully, updated for version 7.
This patch updates the documentation to supply information about version
7 in another spot.
Ok?
Tom
2012-06-29 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Index Section Format): Update for version 7.
Index: gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.983
diff -u -r1.983 gdb.texinfo
--- gdb.texinfo 27 Jun 2012 00:21:20 -0000 1.983
+++ gdb.texinfo 29 Jun 2012 13:10:41 -0000
@@ -40316,10 +40316,11 @@
@enumerate
@item
-The version number, currently 6. Versions 1, 2 and 3 are obsolete.
+The version number, currently 7. Versions 1, 2 and 3 are obsolete.
Version 4 uses a different hashing function from versions 5 and 6.
-Version 6 includes symbols for inlined functions, whereas versions
-4 and 5 do not. @value{GDBN} will only read version 4 and 5 indices
+Version 6 includes symbols for inlined functions, whereas versions 4
+and 5 do not. Version 7 adds attributes to the CU indices in the
+symbol table. @value{GDBN} will only read version 4, 5, or 6 indices
if the @code{--use-deprecated-index-sections} option is used.
@item