* gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 2915535f1e033ccecf2d2b3d9b8d7ebec03f806f..591915e24c77e23b92b1709d9475bf7b6126d35d 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
+       * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
+
        * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
 
        * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -6574,6 +6574,11 @@ execute it gets the error message ``@code{You can't do that when your
 target is @dots{}}''
 @end ifset
 
+The file is loaded at whatever address is specified in the executable.
+For some object file formats, like a.out, the object file format fixes
+the address and so it won't necessarily match the address you gave to
+the linker.
+
 @ifset VXWORKS
 On VxWorks, @code{load} will dynamically link @var{filename} on the
 current target system as well as adding its symbols in @value{GDBN}.