top.c (print_gdb_configuration): Explain in output of --configuration

 what does "relocatable" mean.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 8e57a1c7795a379cbcb7af1154c150abc22792b3..09d5aac2f9ebc138de6d18863fc0a7f809cc0a46 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2013-07-06  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
+       * top.c (print_gdb_configuration): Explain in output of
+       --configuration what does "relocatable" mean.
+
        * main.c (print_gdb_help): Regroup options in the --help text.
        See http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-04/msg00362.html for
        the relevant discussions.

diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
index e78897f36c96b534b47e14b89596b440eec96a2e..46faaa73b0eba8ece8db5331a97e8c991b99b6fb 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/top.c
+++ b/gdb/top.c
@@ -1241,6 +1241,12 @@ This GDB was configured as follows:\n\
              --without-babeltrace\n\
 "));
 #endif
+    /* We assume "relocatable" will be printed at least once, thus we always
+       print this text.  It's a reasonably safe assumption for now.  */
+    fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\n\
+(\"Relocatable\" means the directory can be moved with the GDB installation\n\
+tree, and GDB will still find it.)\n\
+"));
 }
 \f