From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 19:00:41 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Cygwin Native): Fix last change. X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e16b02ee9cf502bcd4cfdeff3680f5cc1f87723c;p=binutils-gdb.git (Cygwin Native): Fix last change. --- diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 4f7e4429260..078df59b944 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-05-22 Eli Zaretskii + + * gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Fix last change. + 2006-05-22 Christopher Faylor * gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Document set/show cygwin-exceptions. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index d17c71e5997..91c378e88f9 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -13518,14 +13518,21 @@ This command loads symbols from a dll similarly to add-sym command but without the need to specify a base address. @kindex set cygwin-exceptions +@cindex debugging the Cygwin DLL +@cindex Cygwin DLL, debugging @item set cygwin-exceptions @var{mode} -If @var{mode} is @code{on} gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself. -If @var{mode} is @code{off} gdb will delay recognition of exceptions and may ignore -some exceptions which seem to be caused by internal cygwin DLL "bookkeeping". +If @var{mode} is @code{on}, @value{GDBN} will break on exceptions that +happen inside the Cygwin DLL. If @var{mode} is @code{off}, +@value{GDBN} will delay recognition of exceptions, and may ignore some +exceptions which seem to be caused by internal Cygwin DLL +``bookkeeping''. This option is meant primarily for debugging the +Cygwin DLL itself; the default value is @code{off} to avoid annoying +@value{GDBN} users with false @code{SIGSEGV} signals. @kindex show cygwin-exceptions @item show cygwin-exceptions -Displays whether gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself. +Displays whether @value{GDBN} will break on exceptions that happen +inside the Cygwin DLL itself. @kindex set new-console @item set new-console @var{mode}