23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:

	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.

The Backtraces link is incorrect:

	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

There are a lot more "(gdb)" related links.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, X toolkit, Xaw3d  
scroll bars)
  of 2008-05-10 on Latsche.local
Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version  
11.0.40400000
configured using `configure  '--without-sound' '--without-pop' '-- 
with-dbus' '--with-libotf' '--with-x-toolkit=athena' '--enable- 
locallisppath=/Library/Application Support/Emacs/calendar23:/Library/ 
Application Support/Emacs/caml:/Library/Application Support/Emacs:/sw/ 
share/emacs21/site-lisp/elib' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/sw/lib/freetype219/ 
lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/qt4-x11/lib/ 
pkgconfig:/sw/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/share/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/ 
usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig' 'CFLAGS=-ggdb - 
gfull -H -Wno-pointer-sign -bind_at_load -pipe -fPIC -mcpu=7450 - 
mtune=7450 -mno-powerpc64 -fast -mpim-altivec -ftree-vectorize -fno- 
crossjumping' 'CPPFLAGS=-no-cpp-precomp -I/sw/include -I/usr/local/ 
include -idirafter /usr/X11R6/include' 'LDFLAGS=-bind_at_load - 
dead_strip -multiply_defined suppress -L/sw/lib/ncurses -L/sw/lib -L/ 
usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib''

Important settings:
   value of $LC_ALL: nil
   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
   value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.UTF-8
   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
   value of $LC_TIME: nil
   value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Info

Minor modes in effect:
   tooltip-mode: t
   mouse-wheel-mode: t
   menu-bar-mode: t
   file-name-shadow-mode: t
   global-font-lock-mode: t
   font-lock-mode: t
   blink-cursor-mode: t
   global-auto-composition-mode: t
   auto-composition-mode: t
   auto-encryption-mode: t
   auto-compression-mode: t
   line-number-mode: t
   transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-h i m e m a c s <return>
C-s g d b <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2>
n n n n <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> n n n
<help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Composing main Info directory...done
Mark saved where search started
Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

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Greetings

   Pete

These are my principles and if you don't like them... well, I have  
others.
				- Groucho Marx

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Nick Roberts]

 > Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:
 > 
 > 	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
 > 	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
 > 	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.
 > 
 > The Backtraces link is incorrect:
 > 
 > 	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

It's not incorrect, it's saying that it can't find the info manual for Gdb on
your system.  I'm not familiar with Mac OS X but do you have Gdb installed and,
if so, does that package include the Gdb manual?

 > There are a lot more "(gdb)" related links.

They all point to other parts of the Gdb manual.

 > In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, X toolkit, Xaw3d  
 > scroll bars)
 >   of 2008-05-10 on Latsche.local
 > Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version  
 > 11.0.40400000

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Sven Joachim]

Am 10.05.2008 um 12:41 schrieb Peter Dyballa:

> Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:
>
> 	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
> 	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
> 	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.
>
> The Backtraces link is incorrect:
>
> 	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

Works for me.  Is the GDB manual installed on your system?

Sven

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE>
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 12:41:37 +0200
> Cc: 
> 
> Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:
> 
> 	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
> 	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
> 	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.
> 
> The Backtraces link is incorrect:
> 
> 	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

As Nick points out, the problem is on your machine.  These links all
work for me.

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 10.05.2008 um 12:53 schrieb Nick Roberts:

> I'm not familiar with Mac OS X but do you have Gdb installed and,
> if so, does that package include the Gdb manual?

GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 is installed – but no info file (some HTML  
instead is available)! Thanks, I understand now *my* problem!

--
Greetings

   Pete

Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
				– Allen's Law

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Peter Dyballa writes:
 > 
 > Am 10.05.2008 um 12:53 schrieb Nick Roberts:
 > 
 > > I'm not familiar with Mac OS X but do you have Gdb installed and,
 > > if so, does that package include the Gdb manual?
 > 
 > 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.

Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info

[Nick Roberts]

 >  > 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

bug#212: marked as done (23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info)

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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Cc: 
Subject: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 12:41:37 +0200
Message-ID: <EF491774-B052-40E7-B34D-059A1FFAD43F@Freenet.DE>

Hello!

Node "32.6.5.4 Stack Buffer" starts with this paragraph:

	The stack buffer displays a "call stack", with one line for each of the
	nested subroutine calls ("stack frames") now active in the program.
	*Note Backtraces: (gdb)Backtrace.

The Backtraces link is incorrect:

	Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

There are a lot more "(gdb)" related links.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, X toolkit, Xaw3d  
scroll bars)
  of 2008-05-10 on Latsche.local
Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version  
11.0.40400000
configured using `configure  '--without-sound' '--without-pop' '-- 
with-dbus' '--with-libotf' '--with-x-toolkit=athena' '--enable- 
locallisppath=/Library/Application Support/Emacs/calendar23:/Library/ 
Application Support/Emacs/caml:/Library/Application Support/Emacs:/sw/ 
share/emacs21/site-lisp/elib' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/sw/lib/freetype219/ 
lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/fontconfig2/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/lib/qt4-x11/lib/ 
pkgconfig:/sw/lib/pkgconfig:/sw/share/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/ 
usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig' 'CFLAGS=-ggdb - 
gfull -H -Wno-pointer-sign -bind_at_load -pipe -fPIC -mcpu=7450 - 
mtune=7450 -mno-powerpc64 -fast -mpim-altivec -ftree-vectorize -fno- 
crossjumping' 'CPPFLAGS=-no-cpp-precomp -I/sw/include -I/usr/local/ 
include -idirafter /usr/X11R6/include' 'LDFLAGS=-bind_at_load - 
dead_strip -multiply_defined suppress -L/sw/lib/ncurses -L/sw/lib -L/ 
usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib''

Important settings:
   value of $LC_ALL: nil
   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
   value of $LC_CTYPE: de_DE.UTF-8
   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
   value of $LC_TIME: nil
   value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8
   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
   default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Info

Minor modes in effect:
   tooltip-mode: t
   mouse-wheel-mode: t
   menu-bar-mode: t
   file-name-shadow-mode: t
   global-font-lock-mode: t
   font-lock-mode: t
   blink-cursor-mode: t
   global-auto-composition-mode: t
   auto-composition-mode: t
   auto-encryption-mode: t
   auto-compression-mode: t
   line-number-mode: t
   transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-h i m e m a c s <return>
C-s g d b <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2>
n n n n <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> n n n
<help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo>
<menu-bar> <help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Composing main Info directory...done
Mark saved where search started
Info-find-file: Info file gdb does not exist

--
Greetings

   Pete

These are my principles and if you don't like them... well, I have  
others.
				- Groucho Marx








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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 212-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; incorrect links in GDB info
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 21:58:30 -0400
Message-ID: <18499.21446.342585.122954@fencepost.gnu.org>


This isn't a bug. You need to install the gdb info pages to be able to
follow these links.