From c02645965c9980fbd13f6f8d74724c78924eebab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Kingdon Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1993 01:04:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] N_SO fixes --- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo | 16 +++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index b8e880bc778..d3b4924073e 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com) + + * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO. + Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com) * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names diff --git a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo index 4acd9feb822..036fb98855e 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo @@ -2769,15 +2769,21 @@ Path and name of source file containing main routine @end display @example -"name" -> /path/to/source/file - -> source_file_terminal_name +"name" -> /source/directory/ + -> source_file value -> the starting text address of the compilation. @end example -These are found two in a row. The name field of the first N_SO -contains the path to the source file. The name field of the second -N_SO contains the terminal name of the source file itself. +These are found two in a row. The name field of the first N_SO contains +the directory that the source file is relative to. The name field of +the second N_SO contains the name of the source file itself. + +Only some compilers (e.g. gcc2, Sun cc) include the directory; this +symbol can be distinguished by the fact that it ends in a slash. +According to a comment in GDB's partial-stab.h, other compilers +(especially unnamed C++ compilers) put out useless N_SO's for +nonexistent source files (after the N_SO for the real source file). @node N_LSYM @section 128 - 0x80 - N_LSYM -- 2.30.2