Re: [rfa] Rename "set solib-absolute-prefix" to "set sysroot", improve docs

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>]

On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 08:58:53PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 12:45:07 -0500
> > From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> > 
> > 2007-01-05  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
> > 
> > 	* gdb.texinfo (Commands to specify files): Describe
> > 	"set sysroot" and "show sysroot".
> > 	(Using the `gdbserver' program): Lowercase argument
> > 	to @var.  Expand description of setting up GDB on the
> > 	host.
> 
> Fine with me, but:
> 
> > +@item set sysroot @var{path}
> > +If this variable is set, @value{GDBN} will use @var{path} as the
> 
> The "set" commands don't set variables, at least we don't usually
> explain them like that.

So just delete the first clause, and use this for the intro sentence?

  Use @var{path} as the system root for the program being debugged.

> Btw, what would this command do for Windows-style C:/foo/bar file
> names?  Would it work as users expect?

Using a Windows path as the system root, to cross debug a Unix target,
will work fine.  It won't do anything especially sensible if you try to
apply a system root to Windows full paths, I'm afraid - the same is
true for sysroots in GCC, and I don't even know what I'd expect it to
do.  Probably /sysroot/c/foo/bar?

If someone wants to add Windows support I'd be happy to review patches,
but I don't believe a Windows targeted GDB will reach this code.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery