svn commit: r52607 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes
Glen Barber
gjb at FreeBSD.org
Wed Dec 5 20:59:21 UTC 2018
Author: gjb
Date: Wed Dec 5 20:59:20 2018
New Revision: 52607
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52607
Log:
Reword the gdb(1) entry (r317416) to recommend using lldb(1) or
gdb(1) from devel/gdb.
Submitted by: jhb
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml Wed Dec 5 20:23:28 2018 (r52606)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes/relnotes.xml Wed Dec 5 20:59:20 2018 (r52607)
@@ -229,15 +229,18 @@
updated to support <literal>if</literal> and
<literal>else</literal> statements.</para>
- <para revision="317416">The &man.gdb.1; utility is now installed
- to <filename class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename>, and
- a new &man.src.conf.5; knob,
- <literal>WITHOUT_GDB_LIBEXEC</literal> has been added to
- disable building &man.gdb.1;. The
- <application>gdbserver</application> and
- <application>gdbtui</application> utilities are no longer
- installed. The &man.gdb.1; utility is still installed in
- <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> on
+ <para revision="317416">The legacy &man.gdb.1; utility included
+ in the base system is now installed to <filename
+ class="directory">/usr/libexec</filename> for use with
+ &man.crashinfo.8;. The <application>gdbserver</application>
+ and <application>gdbtui</application> utilities are no longer
+ installed. For interactive debugging, &man.lldb.1; or
+ a modern version of &man.gdb.1; from <filename
+ role="package">devel/gdb</filename> should be used. A new
+ &man.src.conf.5; knob, <literal>WITHOUT_GDB_LIBEXEC</literal>
+ has been added to disable building &man.gdb.1;. The
+ &man.gdb.1; utility is still installed in <filename
+ class="directory">/usr/bin</filename> on
&arch.sparc64;.</para>
<para revision="323865">The &man.cat.1; utility has been updated
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