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Re: [PATCH] Don't mention "Unix" in native target name.
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>, Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:13:36 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't mention "Unix" in native target name.
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:16 AM, Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com> wrote:
> Pedro Alves wrote:
>> I wonder whether anyone would miss this badly? The difference would be:
>>
>> (gdb) maint print target-stack
>> The current target stack is:
>> - multi-thread (multi-threaded child process.)
>> - - child (Unix child process)
>> + - child (Child process)
>> - exec (Local exec file)
>> - None (None)
>>
>> (gdb) help target child
>> - Unix child process (started by the "run" command).
>> + Child process (started by the "run" command).
>>
>> I find it unnecessary (and really slightly a lie) on GNU/Linux.
>>
>> It's also odd that e.g., the Windows port says "Unix" in reaction to
>> "target child" (it was already that way before Windows used
>> inf-child.c).
>>
>> How about we just say the same mostly everywhere?
>
> I'm all for this.
>
>> In the same vein, I'd also rename Solaris/procfs.c's "target procfs"
>> to "target child".
>
> Ditto.
+1