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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index e3ea4ec614..98eab725f7 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2017-11-07 Xavier Roirand <roirand@adacore.com> + Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Document support for breakpoint + location ranges in the enable/disable commands. + 2017-10-04 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Starting your Program) <The working directory.>: diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index bfeb7a9a35..29d47892fc 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -3927,15 +3927,17 @@ Num Type Disp Enb Address What 1.2 y 0x080486ca in void foo<double>() at t.cc:8 @end smallexample -Each location can be individually enabled or disabled by passing +You cannot delete the individual locations from a breakpoint. However, +each location can be individually enabled or disabled by passing @var{breakpoint-number}.@var{location-number} as argument to the -@code{enable} and @code{disable} commands. Note that you cannot -delete the individual locations from the list, you can only delete the -entire list of locations that belong to their parent breakpoint (with -the @kbd{delete @var{num}} command, where @var{num} is the number of -the parent breakpoint, 1 in the above example). Disabling or enabling -the parent breakpoint (@pxref{Disabling}) affects all of the locations -that belong to that breakpoint. +@code{enable} and @code{disable} commands. It's also possible to +@code{enable} and @code{disable} a range of @var{location-number} +locations using a @var{breakpoint-number} and two @var{location-number}s, +in increasing order, separated by a hyphen, like +@kbd{@var{breakpoint-number}.@var{location-number1}-@var{location-number2}}, +in which case @value{GDBN} acts on all the locations in the range (inclusive). +Disabling or enabling the parent breakpoint (@pxref{Disabling}) affects +all of the locations that belong to that breakpoint. @cindex pending breakpoints It's quite common to have a breakpoint inside a shared library. |