Re: [RFA/RFC/DOC] Fix the different between behavior of "detach inferior" "kill inferior" and doc

[Hui Zhu <teawater at gmail dot com>]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 16:44, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:13:42 +0800
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>>
>> So I make a patch to update the doc.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Hui
>>
>> 2010-07-30 ?Hui Zhu ?<teawater@gmail.com>
>>
>> ? ? ? * gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Update the introduce of
>> ? ? ? "detach inferior" and "kill inferior".
>>
>>
>> ---
>> ?doc/gdb.texinfo | ? ?4 ++--
>> ?1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> --- a/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> +++ b/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> @@ -2481,12 +2481,12 @@ using the @w{@code{kill inferior}} comma
>> ?@kindex detach inferior @var{infno}
>> ?@item detach inferior @var{infno}
>> ?Detach from the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number
>> -@var{infno}, and remove it from the inferior list.
>> +@var{infno}.
>>
>> ?@kindex kill inferior @var{infno}
>> ?@item kill inferior @var{infno}
>> ?Kill the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number
>> -@var{infno}, and remove it from the inferior list.
>> +@var{infno}.
>> ?@end table
>
> Assuming that the code behaves as intended (i.e. this isn't a bug), I
> suggest the following text instead:
>
> ?Kill the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number
> ?@var{infno}. ?Note that the inferior's entry still stays on the list
> ?of inferiors shown by @code{info inferiors}, but its Description will
> ?show @samp{<null>}.
>
> and similarly for "detach".
>
> Thanks.
>

OK.  I made a new version.

Joel, do you think 7.2 need this patch?

Thanks,
Hui

2010-07-30  Hui Zhu  <teawater@gmail.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Update the introduce of
	"detach inferior" and "kill inferior".
---
 doc/gdb.texinfo |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -2481,12 +2481,16 @@ using the @w{@code{kill inferior}} comma
 @kindex detach inferior @var{infno}
 @item detach inferior @var{infno}
 Detach from the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number
-@var{infno}, and remove it from the inferior list.
+@var{infno}.  Note that the inferior's entry still stays on the list
+of inferiors shown by @code{info inferiors}, but its Description will
+show @samp{<null>}.

 @kindex kill inferior @var{infno}
 @item kill inferior @var{infno}
 Kill the inferior identified by @value{GDBN} inferior number
-@var{infno}, and remove it from the inferior list.
+@var{infno}.  Note that the inferior's entry still stays on the list
+of inferiors shown by @code{info inferiors}, but its Description will
+show @samp{<null>}.
 @end table

 After the successful completion of a command such as @code{detach},