doc: fix false claim about second argument to gdb

Section "Invoking GDB" of the manual states that if you try to launch
gdb with:

  gdb program 1234

it will try to attach to the process with id 1234, unless there is a
file named 1234 in the current working directory, in which case it will
try to open that file as a core.  In fact, when the second argument
starts with a digit, GDB tries to attach to process 1234 first, before
trying to open file 1234 as a core.  So that last remark is not true and
therefore this patch removes it.

The same remark is present in the man page, so it is removed there too.

Section "Choosing Files" correctly states:

  If the second argument begins with a decimal digit, GDB will first
  attempt to attach to it as a process, and if that fails, attempt to
  open it as a corefile.

so it is unchanged.

Finally, the man page has an additional detail compared to section
"Invoking GDB", regarding the use of the -p switch, so I added the same
detail to the "Invoking GDB" section.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.texinfo (Invoking GDB): Remove sentence about how GDB
	deals with a file that has the same name as the specified pid to
	attach to.  Add example using -p option.
	(gdb man): Remove same sentence as in previous item.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index f3142fd9ec801763163dce5d12ef563b39cce8f6..41f57d614cfd37ff3c65106f6887ca8836a8d9c7 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-06-18  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo (Invoking GDB): Remove sentence about how GDB
+       deals with a file that has the same name as the specified pid to
+       attach to.  Add example using -p option.
+       (gdb man): Remove same sentence as in previous item.
+
 2019-06-15  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
        * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Catchpoint Commands): Add menu entry to new

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 9a0320e5d8f826e3381424808f5c118186440981..55be2ef692074d82cb4904f1f3dde158072f15ce 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -874,16 +874,17 @@ specified:
 @value{GDBP} @var{program} @var{core}
 @end smallexample
 
-You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument, if you want
-to debug a running process:
+You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument or use option
+@code{-p}, if you want to debug a running process:
 
 @smallexample
 @value{GDBP} @var{program} 1234
+@value{GDBP} -p 1234
 @end smallexample
 
 @noindent
-would attach @value{GDBN} to process @code{1234} (unless you also have a file
-named @file{1234}; @value{GDBN} does check for a core file first).
+would attach @value{GDBN} to process @code{1234}.  With option @option{-p} you
+can omit the @var{program} filename.
 
 Taking advantage of the second command-line argument requires a fairly
 complete operating system; when you use @value{GDBN} as a remote
@@ -44863,8 +44864,8 @@ You can also start with both an executable program and a core file specified:
 gdb program core
 @end smallexample
 
-You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument, if you want
-to debug a running process:
+You can, instead, specify a process ID as a second argument or use option
+@code{-p}, if you want to debug a running process:
 
 @smallexample
 gdb program 1234
@@ -44872,9 +44873,8 @@ gdb -p 1234
 @end smallexample
 
 @noindent
-would attach @value{GDBN} to process @code{1234} (unless you also have a file
-named @file{1234}; @value{GDBN} does check for a core file first).
-With option @option{-p} you can omit the @var{program} filename.
+would attach @value{GDBN} to process @code{1234}.  With option @option{-p} you
+can omit the @var{program} filename.
 
 Here are some of the most frequently needed @value{GDBN} commands: