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


Hi,

The doc said:
@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.

@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.

But when I try this command:

(gdb) info inferiors
  Num  Description       Executable
* 2    <null>
  1    process 12089     /home/teawater/gdb/1
(gdb) kill inferior 1
(gdb) info inferiors
  Num  Description       Executable
  2    <null>
* 1    <null>            /home/teawater/gdb/1
(gdb)


Inferior 1 is not removed from list.

And I check the code in inferior.c:
  switch_to_thread (tp->ptid);

  target_kill ();

  bfd_cache_close_all ();
}

Look it doesn't want remove it from inferior list.

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

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


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