From: Daniel Jacobowitz Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 21:31:07 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * gdb.texinfo: Update copyright year. Mention that set X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b51970ac88769cc2f632d35d4ed2965ff987d802;p=binutils-gdb.git * gdb.texinfo: Update copyright year. Mention that set follow-fork-mode is supported on GNU/Linux. Remove documentation of "set follow-fork-mode ask". --- diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index dd94275355c..3df808dc3e1 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2004-01-13 Daniel Jacobowitz + + * gdb.texinfo: Update copyright year. Mention that set + follow-fork-mode is supported on GNU/Linux. Remove documentation of + "set follow-fork-mode ask". + 2004-01-13 Andrew Cagney * gdbint.texinfo: Update copyright year. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index bc231b4db3d..e1f54ddf0ae 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ development.'' @vskip 0pt plus 1filll Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, -1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @sp 2 Published by the Free Software Foundation @* 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, @* @@ -2289,9 +2289,10 @@ get its process ID. Then tell @value{GDBN} (a new invocation of the child process (@pxref{Attach}). From that point on you can debug the child process just like any other process which you attached to. -On HP-UX (11.x and later only?), @value{GDBN} provides support for -debugging programs that create additional processes using the -@code{fork} or @code{vfork} function. +On some systems, @value{GDBN} provides support for debugging programs that +create additional processes using the @code{fork} or @code{vfork} functions. +Currently, the only platforms with this feature are HP-UX (11.x and later +only?) and GNU/Linux (kernel version 2.5.60 and later). By default, when a program forks, @value{GDBN} will continue to debug the parent process and the child process will run unimpeded. @@ -2315,8 +2316,6 @@ unimpeded. This is the default. The new process is debugged after a fork. The parent process runs unimpeded. -@item ask -The debugger will ask for one of the above choices. @end table @item show follow-fork-mode