svn commit: r52607 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/12.0R/relnotes

Glen Barber <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.cvs.doc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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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