Re: Small error in manual
* Ian Lance Taylor wrote on Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:51:01AM CET: > > Really the original text is slightly wrong. [...] > This option only applies to strings in debugging information. It should > say something like "Direct the linker to not merge together strings in > the debugging information which are identical in different object > files." Also I think s/It decreases/Merging decreases/. > > OK with those changes. Thanks, this is how I applied it (also s/assemblers or linker/&s/) after retesting. Cheers, Ralf 2009-03-25 Ralf Wildenhues * doc/invoke.texi (Debugging Options): Fix description of -fno-merge-debug-strings. Index: gcc/doc/invoke.texi === --- gcc/doc/invoke.texi (revision 145050) +++ gcc/doc/invoke.texi (working copy) @@ -4408,11 +4408,11 @@ @item -fno-merge-debug-strings @opindex fmerge-debug-strings @opindex fno-merge-debug-strings -Direct the linker to merge together strings which are identical in -different object files. This is not supported by all assemblers or -linker. This decreases the size of the debug information in the -output file at the cost of increasing link processing time. This is -on by default. +Direct the linker to not merge together strings in the debugging +information which are identical in different object files. Merging is +not supported by all assemblers or linkers. Merging decreases the size +of the debug information in the output file at the cost of increasing +link processing time. Merging is enabled by default. @item -fdebug-prefix-m...@var{old}=@var{new} @opindex fdebug-prefix-map
Re: Small error in manual
* Dave Korn wrote on Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 08:40:08PM CET: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > > Thanks for the report. OK to push this patch, tested 'make info pdf > > html'? > > You forgot "dvi". I forgot to mention it, but I did test it. OK?
Re: Small error in manual
Hello Reuben, I think nowadays the gcc-bugs list is meant only as gateway for bugzilla messages, so you might want to open a bugzilla for future reports. Thanks. * Reuben Thomas wrote on Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 02:58:20AM CET: > (Found in 4.3; I was unable to discover without checking out the sources > whether the error is still present in head, as I couldn't work out which > file to look in using ViewVC; sorry.) > > -fno-merge-debug-strings is documented as if it were > -fmerge-debug-strings; the description needs to be negated. Thanks for the report. OK to push this patch, tested 'make info pdf html'? Thanks, Ralf gcc/ChangeLog: 2009-03-24 Ralf Wildenhues * doc/invoke.texi (Debugging Options): Fix description of -fno-merge-debug-strings. diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index d1c86dc..8b97fa0 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -4408,11 +4408,11 @@ This option works only with DWARF 2. @item -fno-merge-debug-strings @opindex fmerge-debug-strings @opindex fno-merge-debug-strings -Direct the linker to merge together strings which are identical in -different object files. This is not supported by all assemblers or -linker. This decreases the size of the debug information in the -output file at the cost of increasing link processing time. This is -on by default. +Direct the linker to not merge together strings which are identical in +different object files. Merging is not supported by all assemblers or +linker. It decreases the size of the debug information in the output +file at the cost of increasing link processing time. Merging is enabled +by default. @item -fdebug-prefix-m...@var{old}=@var{new} @opindex fdebug-prefix-map