From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:37:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Document that `path' does not change X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=17cc6a06fb3b69309d54c31d27834d5a105fe1d7;p=binutils-gdb.git * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Document that `path' does not change the value of PATH in GDB's own environment (it did in the past, but that was changed on March 15, 1994). Reported by Doug Evans . --- diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index bd0271f82c3..04c19219a87 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2001-02-11 Eli Zaretskii + * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Document that `path' does not change + the value of PATH in GDB's own environment (it did in the past, + but that was changed on March 15, 1994). Reported by Doug Evans + . + * gdbint.texinfo: Fix up @itemize lists so that @item is alone on its line. Fix markup of commands and macros. Add an Index node and index entries. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 72f50d95897..3a97e290553 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1684,7 +1684,8 @@ environment without having to start @value{GDBN} over again. @kindex path @item path @var{directory} Add @var{directory} to the front of the @code{PATH} environment variable -(the search path for executables), for both @value{GDBN} and your program. +(the search path for executables) that will be passed to your program. +The value of @code{PATH} used by @value{GDBN} does not change. You may specify several directory names, separated by whitespace or by a system-dependent separator character (@samp{:} on Unix, @samp{;} on MS-DOS and MS-Windows). If @var{directory} is already in the path, it