From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 10:21:05 +1200 Message-ID: <18470.8145.334835.388853@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> References: <18469.32410.441088.779835@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <3367EC1A-7099-41B1-9921-A18F55DE5F63@Freenet.DE> <87prrtls82.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210458098 16816 80.91.229.12 (10 May 2008 22:21:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 22:21:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, Peter Dyballa To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 11 00:22:12 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JuxSD-00083O-At for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 May 2008 00:22:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34951 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuxRU-0000i4-Nn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuxRQ-0000hU-A1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:20 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JuxRO-0000fX-1l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55199 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JuxRN-0000fU-U4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:50356) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuxRN-0005wh-OM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:60248 helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JuxQa-000396-2Q for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:20:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuxRJ-0005wJ-Op for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:17 -0400 Original-Received: from viper.snap.net.nz ([202.37.101.25]:44055) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JuxRJ-0005w9-8O for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:13 -0400 Original-Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (7.63.255.123.dynamic.snap.net.nz [123.255.63.7]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id D50573DA0E5; Sun, 11 May 2008 10:21:10 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B1E548FC6D; Sun, 11 May 2008 10:21:09 +1200 (NZST) In-Reply-To: <87prrtls82.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.2.50.2 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:96950 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:22257 Archived-At: > > GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 is installed -- but no info file (some HTML > > instead is available)! Thanks, I understand now *my* problem! > > Mac generally provides documentation in the form of PDF in the > Developer's Tools disk. It's a shame, since Info is so much nicer for > this kind of doc browsing. > > Unfortunately for some reason (a) MacPorts doesn't provide a more > recent gdb and (b) is generally horrible about providing > documentation. They also have their own version of Gdb, patched to work with Xcode and Emacs is only provided from the terminal. As a prorietary system, I presume that they would rather you developed Cocoa (?) applications with their framework than free software using Emacs. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob