Re: http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gdb/ down
Jonny Grant <[email protected]>
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Hi Simon On 26/05/2020 15:17, Simon Marchi wrote: > On 2020-05-26 7:07 a.m., Jonny Grant wrote: >> Hi GDB maintainers >> >> Just wondering if this is down for you as well >> >> https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/mailing-lists/ >> >> I clicked "bug-gdb" >> >> >> This site can’t be reached mail.gnu.org refused to connect. >> Try: >> >> Checking the connection >> Checking the proxy and the firewall >> ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED > > Maybe it was temporary, the GNU mailing list page works for me right now. Unfortunately it is still down for me from laptop and android mobile. > However, there has been no activity there for many years, I think we should > either remove it from our page, or at least mention that it's there for > archive purposes only. Sounds reasonable. I didn't receive a reply from the gnu webmasters, maybe they are overloaded with lockdown. >> I was going to ask if [email protected] could be added to the $ gdb --help output and also the man page? > > Yes, I think it would be nice. Would you mind providing patches for that? I've attached a patch for the 'gdb --help' output >> Also this page >> >> https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/ > > This is generated from the gdb.texinfo file in the GDB source code, so you > could provide a patch for this as well: > > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob;f=gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo;h=641816284954a492d6079560b9e6ab8312efa159;hb=HEAD > > You can generate the HTML manual using the "make html" command in the gdb/doc > build directory. Could the scripts that need 'html' command make a suggestion to install texinfo html convertor package 'texi2html' ? Otherwise it's this error: html -I . ./annotate.texinfo /bin/bash: html: command not found >> BTW, the footer has a link "Previous: (dir)" and "Up: (dir)" is a broken link to >> https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/dir/index.html >> >> Could someone fix that link, or should I file a bug report on sourceware? > > Hmm, we would have to find out if it's a texinfo bug, or just us using texinfo wrong. > > Again, you can generate this file using the "make html" command mentioned above and > try to find out why. Yes, it is the same in the html created. I've attached a patch that removes those broken links. Cheers, Jonny
0001-add-gdb-sourceware.org-to-help-output.patch
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>From 2334596062fb2ee0345fc067596f1a1845181d3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Grant <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 22:52:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add [email protected] to help output Signed-off-by: Jonathan Grant <[email protected]> --- gdb/main.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/main.c b/gdb/main.c index 59cb14161b..3ee0ba8d81 100644 --- a/gdb/main.c +++ b/gdb/main.c @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ get_init_files (std::vector<std::string> *system_gdbinit, sizeof (struct stat))) localinit = GDBINIT; } - + initialized = 1; } @@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ enum cmdarg_kind /* Option type -ix. */ CMDARG_INIT_FILE, - + /* Option type -iex. */ CMDARG_INIT_COMMAND }; @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ captured_main_1 (struct captured_main_args *context) /* There will always be an interpreter. Either the one passed into this captured main, or one specified by the user at start up, or - the console. Initialize the interpreter to the one requested by + the console. Initialize the interpreter to the one requested by the application. */ interpreter_p = xstrdup (context->interpreter_p); @@ -1394,5 +1394,8 @@ GDB manual (available as on-line info or a printed manual).\n\ if (REPORT_BUGS_TO[0] && stream == gdb_stdout) fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\ Report bugs to \"%s\".\n\ +"), REPORT_BUGS_TO); + fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\ +GDB mailing list \"mailto:[email protected]\"\n\ "), REPORT_BUGS_TO); } -- 2.17.1
0001-Remove-broken-links-Previous-and-Up-from-contents.patch
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From 5720d8615a6ac74299c5e56f1d1bcb0f1fd73b49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Grant <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 23:11:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Remove broken links Previous and Up from contents Signed-off-by: Jonathan Grant <[email protected]> --- gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 6418162849..d90c33d67a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ ISBN 978-0-9831592-3-0 @* @page @ifnottex -@node Top, Summary, (dir), (dir) +@node Top, Summary @top Debugging with @value{GDBN} -- 2.17.1