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Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] Document support for 'info proc' on FreeBSD.
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD dot org>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 18:38:37 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] Document support for 'info proc' on FreeBSD.
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- References: <20180104014923.11899-1-jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20180104014923.11899-6-jhb@FreeBSD.org>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:49:23 -0800
>
> Since the 'info proc' support on FreeBSD does not use /proc, reword
> the documentation for 'info proc' to not assume /proc. This includes
> renaming the node to 'Process Information' and suggesting that
> additional process information can be queried via different
> OS-specific interfaces. This is also cleans up the description of
> 'info proc' support for core files a bit as /proc is not used for core
> file support on any current platform.
>
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
>
> * gdb.texinfo (pwd): Update cross-reference for Process Information
> node and remove explicit /proc reference.
> (Native): Rename subsection from SVR4 Process Information to
> Process Information.
> (Process Information): Reword introduction to be less /proc
> centric. Document support for "info proc" on FreeBSD.
OK, thanks.
Do we need a NEWS entry for this?