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Re: PATCH: Update NEWS/texinfo with compressed debug sections info
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: csilvers at google dot com (Craig Silverstein)
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:03:31 +0300
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Update NEWS/texinfo with compressed debug sections info
- References: <20080419055650.3842A3F24C4@localhost>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:56:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: csilvers@google.com (Craig Silverstein)
>
> I took a stab (no pun intended) at documenting the
> compressed-debug-section patch, which I submitted earlier this
> evening.
Thanks.
> I'm not really sure what information is appropriate to
> include, or where to put it; any suggestions on this patch are
> appreciated.
Your decisions are all fine with me.
> +* gdb can now read compressed debug sections, as produced by GNU gold
Upper-case "GDB", please.
> +@value{GDBN} will use the zlib library, if available, to read
Please give "zlib" the @samp markup (i.e., @samp{zlib}), here and
elsewhere in the text you wrote.
Also, an index entry here would be a good idea. Something like:
@cindex compressed debug sections
> +compressed debug sections. Some linkers, such GNU gold, are capable
^^^^^
"such as"
Other than that, this can go in. Thanks!