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Re: [committed] update gdb.texinfo for "set/show cygwin-exceptions"


> Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 00:19:38 -0400
> From: Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx>
> 
> 2006-05-22  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
> 
> 	* gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Document set/show cygwin-exceptions.

Thanks.  This had some drawbacks; fixed thusly:

2006-05-22  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>

	* gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Fix last change.

Index: gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.331
diff -u -r1.331 gdb.texinfo
--- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo	22 May 2006 04:17:59 -0000	1.331
+++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo	22 May 2006 18:58:35 -0000
@@ -13518,14 +13518,21 @@
 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
 @item set cygwin-exceptions @var{mode}
-If @var{mode} is @code{on} gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself.
-If @var{mode} is @code{off} gdb will delay recognition of exceptions and may ignore
-some exceptions which seem to be caused by internal cygwin DLL "bookkeeping".
+If @var{mode} is @code{on}, @value{GDBN} will break on exceptions that
+happen inside the Cygwin DLL.  If @var{mode} is @code{off},
+@value{GDBN} will delay recognition of exceptions, and may ignore some
+exceptions which seem to be caused by internal Cygwin DLL
+``bookkeeping''.  This option is meant primarily for debugging the
+Cygwin DLL itself; the default value is @code{off} to avoid annoying
+@value{GDBN} users with false @code{SIGSEGV} signals.
 
 @kindex show cygwin-exceptions
 @item show cygwin-exceptions
-Displays whether gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself.
+Displays whether @value{GDBN} will break on exceptions that happen
+inside the Cygwin DLL itself.
 
 @kindex set new-console
 @item set new-console @var{mode}


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