Documentation fix

Ben Elliston bje@cygnus.com
Thu Aug 12 06:40:00 GMT 1999


It's minor.

1999-08-12  Ben Elliston  <bje@cygnus.com>

        * gdbint.texinfo (Breakpoint Handling): Add missing words.

Index: doc/gdbint.texinfo
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RCS file: /cvs/cvsfiles/devo/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.129
diff -c -r1.129 gdbint.texinfo
*** gdbint.texinfo      1999/08/08 20:00:12     1.129
--- gdbint.texinfo      1999/08/12 13:39:48
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*** 262,271 ****
  set software breakpoints.
  
  Software breakpoints require GDB to do somewhat more work.  The basic
! theory is that GDB will replace a program instruction a trap, illegal
! divide, or some other instruction that will cause an exception, and then
! when it's encountered, GDB will take the exception and stop the program.
! When the user says to continue, GDB will restore the original
  instruction, single-step, re-insert the trap, and continue on.
  
  Since it literally overwrites the program being tested, the program area
--- 262,271 ----
  set software breakpoints.
  
  Software breakpoints require GDB to do somewhat more work.  The basic
! theory is that GDB will replace a program instruction with a trap,
! illegal divide, or some other instruction that will cause an exception,
! and then when it's encountered, GDB will take the exception and stop the
! program. When the user says to continue, GDB will restore the original
  instruction, single-step, re-insert the trap, and continue on.
  
  Since it literally overwrites the program being tested, the program area




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