Document "no debug info debugging" improvements
authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Mon, 4 Sep 2017 19:21:16 +0000 (20:21 +0100)
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Mon, 4 Sep 2017 19:21:16 +0000 (20:21 +0100)
commitd69cf9b2076d63bad3842bc6406a679598851727
tree4d5ef1b609bb91c7d17f28aa2f637e6cae582e11
parent3693fdb3c8ec14bd8ecb4ebb39e4384b330a2999
Document "no debug info debugging" improvements

Here's the documentation bits for all the improvements done in
previous commits.

Note that the original "weak alias functions" paragraph ends up
disappearing, because this patch, which I'm considering kind of part
of this series, makes the alias case Just Work:
  https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-07/msg00018.html

gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-09-04  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

* NEWS (Safer support for debugging with no debug info): New.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-09-04  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

* gdb.texinfo (Variables) <Program Variables>: Document inspecting
no-debug-info variables.
(Symbols) <Examining the Symbol Table>: Document inspecting
no-debug-info types.
(Calling) <Calling functions with no debug info>: New subsection,
documenting calling no-debug-info functions.
(Non-debug DLL Symbols) <Working with Minimal Symbols>: Update.
gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/NEWS
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo