[Emacs-diffs] emacs-24 r117404: Fix bug #18113 with ambiguous wording in etc/DEBUG.

[Eli Zaretskii]

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revno: 117404
revision-id: address@hidden
parent: address@hidden
fixes bug: http://debbugs.gnu.org/18113
committer: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
branch nick: emacs-24
timestamp: Sat 2014-07-26 16:40:53 +0300
message:
  Fix bug #18113 with ambiguous wording in etc/DEBUG.
  
   etc/DEBUG: Improve wording.
modified:
  etc/DEBUG                      debug-20091113204419-o5vbwnq5f7feedwu-1486

=== modified file 'etc/DEBUG'
--- a/etc/DEBUG 2014-01-01 07:43:34 +0000
+++ b/etc/DEBUG 2014-07-26 13:40:53 +0000
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 [People who debug Emacs on Windows using Microsoft debuggers should
 read the Windows-specific section near the end of this document.]
 
-** When you debug Emacs with GDB, you should start it in the directory
-where the executable was made (the 'src' directory in the Emacs source
-tree).  That directory has a .gdbinit file that defines various
+** When you debug Emacs with GDB, you should start GDB in the directory
+where the Emacs executable was made (the 'src' directory in the Emacs
+source tree).  That directory has a .gdbinit file that defines various
 "user-defined" commands for debugging Emacs.  (These commands are
 described below under "Examining Lisp object values" and "Debugging
 Emacs Redisplay problems".)
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
   warning: File ".../src/.gdbinit" auto-loading has been declined by your 
`auto-load safe-path' set to "$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load".
 
 There are several ways to overcome that difficulty, they are all
-described in the node "Auto-loading safe path" in the GDB user manual.
+described in the node "Auto-loading safe path" in the GDB user
+manual.  If nothing else helps, type "source /path/to/.gdbinit RET" at
+the GDB prompt, to unconditionally load the GDB init file.
 
 ** When you are trying to analyze failed assertions or backtraces, it
 is essential to compile Emacs with flags suitable for debugging.