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authorAlan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>2019-05-22 13:40:20 +0100
committerAlan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>2019-05-22 13:40:20 +0100
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Document gdb.in/gdb.cmd files and debugredirect cli command
Add missing documentation for the debugredirect setting. Add description and uses of gdb.in/gdb.cmd to the testsuite README. Mention this in the NEWS file. gdb/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Add debugredirect and testsuite sections. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): Add debugredirect. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * README (Re-running Tests Outside The Testsuite): New section.
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@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ show print max-depth
The default max-depth is 20, but this can be set to unlimited to get
the old behavior back.
+set logging debugredirect [on|off]
+ By default, GDB debug output will go to both the terminal and the logfile.
+ Set if you want debug output to go only to the log file.
+
* New MI commands
-complete
@@ -53,6 +57,13 @@ show print max-depth
were to be given as a command itself. This is intended for use by MI
frontends in cases when separate CLI and MI channels cannot be used.
+* Testsuite
+
+ The testsuite now creates the files gdb.cmd (containing the arguments
+ used to launch GDB) and gdb.in (containing all the commands sent to
+ GDB) in the output directory for each test script. Multiple invocations
+ are appended with .1, .2, .3 etc.
+
*** Changes in GDB 8.3
* GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on