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Re: [PATCH] Don't mention "Unix" in native target name.
- From: Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:16:07 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't mention "Unix" in native target name.
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Pedro Alves wrote:
> I wonder whether anyone would miss this badly? The difference would be:
>
> (gdb) maint print target-stack
> The current target stack is:
> - multi-thread (multi-threaded child process.)
> - - child (Unix child process)
> + - child (Child process)
> - exec (Local exec file)
> - None (None)
>
> (gdb) help target child
> - Unix child process (started by the "run" command).
> + Child process (started by the "run" command).
>
> I find it unnecessary (and really slightly a lie) on GNU/Linux.
>
> It's also odd that e.g., the Windows port says "Unix" in reaction to
> "target child" (it was already that way before Windows used
> inf-child.c).
>
> How about we just say the same mostly everywhere?
I'm all for this.
> In the same vein, I'd also rename Solaris/procfs.c's "target procfs"
> to "target child".
Ditto.
Cheers,
Gary
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