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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2014-12-30 11:36:53 +0400
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2014-12-31 11:13:00 +0400
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Remove "add-shared-symbol-files", "dll-symbols" and "assf" commands doc.
This patch removes documentation from some commands whose support has been recently removed. gdb/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Document removal of "dll-symbols", "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" commands. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Files): Remove documentation of the "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" commands. (Cygwin Native): Remove documentation of the "dll-symbols" command.
-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/NEWS4
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo24
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 74f73aea494..5661a9f1a4d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-12-31 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Document removal of "dll-symbols", "add-shared-symbol-files"
+ and "assf" commands.
+
2014-12-30 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
* windows-nat.c (safe_symbol_file_add_stub)
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index c34cf2b6134..9a668c4ebbe 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ SGI Irix-6.x mips-*-irix6*
VAX running (4.2 - 4.3 Reno) BSD vax-*-bsd*
VAX running Ultrix vax-*-ultrix*
+* The "dll-symbols" command, and its two aliases ("add-shared-symbol-files"
+ and "assf"), have been removed. Use the "sharedlibrary" command, or
+ its alias "share", instead.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.8
* New command line options
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 31fe7913690..aab69f9ce32 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-12-31 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Files): Remove documentation of the
+ "add-shared-symbol-files" and "assf" commands.
+ (Cygwin Native): Remove documentation of the "dll-symbols"
+ command.
+
2014-12-17 Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Debugging Output): Document "debug symbol-lookup".
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index e086c33bb2b..054591a964a 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -17390,22 +17390,6 @@ evaluation yields the address of the file's shared object file header.
For this command to work, you must have used @code{symbol-file} or
@code{exec-file} commands in advance.
-@kindex add-shared-symbol-files
-@kindex assf
-@item add-shared-symbol-files @var{library-file}
-@itemx assf @var{library-file}
-This command is deprecated and will be removed in future versions
-of @value{GDBN}. Use the @code{sharedlibrary} command instead.
-
-The @code{add-shared-symbol-files} command can currently be used only
-in the Cygwin build of @value{GDBN} on MS-Windows OS, where it is an
-alias for the @code{dll-symbols} command (@pxref{Cygwin Native}).
-@value{GDBN} automatically looks for shared libraries, however if
-@value{GDBN} does not find yours, you can invoke
-@code{add-shared-symbol-files}. It takes one argument: the shared
-library's file name. @code{assf} is a shorthand alias for
-@code{add-shared-symbol-files}.
-
@kindex section
@item section @var{section} @var{addr}
The @code{section} command changes the base address of the named
@@ -20378,14 +20362,6 @@ selector for 32-bit programs and @code{$gs} for 64-bit programs).
@item info dll
This is a Cygwin-specific alias of @code{info shared}.
-@kindex dll-symbols
-@item dll-symbols
-This command is deprecated and will be removed in future versions
-of @value{GDBN}. Use the @code{sharedlibrary} command instead.
-
-This command loads symbols from a dll similarly to
-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