[RFA/doco+NEWES] Remove "add-shared-symbol-files", "dll-symbols" and "assf" commands doc.
Commit Message
This patch removes documentation from some commands whose support has
been recently removed.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Document removal of "dll-symbols", "add-shared-symbol-files"
and "assf" commands.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
* gdb.texinfo (Files): Remove documentation of the
"add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" commands.
(Cygwin Native): Remove documentation of the "dll-symbols"
command.
Tested by rebuilding the documentation in all formats.
OK to apply?
Thank you,
Comments
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 11:44:26 +0400
>
> This patch removes documentation from some commands whose support has
> been recently removed.
>
> gdb/ChangeLog:
>
> * NEWS: Document removal of "dll-symbols", "add-shared-symbol-files"
> and "assf" commands.
>
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
>
> * gdb.texinfo (Files): Remove documentation of the
> "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" commands.
> (Cygwin Native): Remove documentation of the "dll-symbols"
> command.
>
> Tested by rebuilding the documentation in all formats.
>
> OK to apply?
Yes, thanks.
> > gdb/ChangeLog:
> >
> > * NEWS: Document removal of "dll-symbols", "add-shared-symbol-files"
> > and "assf" commands.
> >
> > gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> >
> > * gdb.texinfo (Files): Remove documentation of the
> > "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" commands.
> > (Cygwin Native): Remove documentation of the "dll-symbols"
> > command.
> >
> > Tested by rebuilding the documentation in all formats.
> >
> > OK to apply?
>
> Yes, thanks.
Thank you, Eli. Pushed to master.
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ SGI Irix-6.x mips-*-irix6*
VAX running (4.2 - 4.3 Reno) BSD vax-*-bsd*
VAX running Ultrix vax-*-ultrix*
+* The "dll-symbols" command, and its two aliases ("add-shared-symbol-files"
+ and "assf"), have been removed. Use the "sharedlibrary" command, or
+ its alias "share", instead.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.8
* New command line options
@@ -17390,22 +17390,6 @@ evaluation yields the address of the file's shared object file header.
For this command to work, you must have used @code{symbol-file} or
@code{exec-file} commands in advance.
-@kindex add-shared-symbol-files
-@kindex assf
-@item add-shared-symbol-files @var{library-file}
-@itemx assf @var{library-file}
-This command is deprecated and will be removed in future versions
-of @value{GDBN}. Use the @code{sharedlibrary} command instead.
-
-The @code{add-shared-symbol-files} command can currently be used only
-in the Cygwin build of @value{GDBN} on MS-Windows OS, where it is an
-alias for the @code{dll-symbols} command (@pxref{Cygwin Native}).
-@value{GDBN} automatically looks for shared libraries, however if
-@value{GDBN} does not find yours, you can invoke
-@code{add-shared-symbol-files}. It takes one argument: the shared
-library's file name. @code{assf} is a shorthand alias for
-@code{add-shared-symbol-files}.
-
@kindex section
@item section @var{section} @var{addr}
The @code{section} command changes the base address of the named
@@ -20378,14 +20362,6 @@ selector for 32-bit programs and @code{$gs} for 64-bit programs).
@item info dll
This is a Cygwin-specific alias of @code{info shared}.
-@kindex dll-symbols
-@item dll-symbols
-This command is deprecated and will be removed in future versions
-of @value{GDBN}. Use the @code{sharedlibrary} command instead.
-
-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