diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index e368349971..a9e28c3c22 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-05-12 Eli Zaretskii + + * gdb.texinfo (Startup): Fix last change. Treat gdb.ini like we + do with other non-standard names of init files. + 2005-05-11 Eli Zaretskii * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Move the description of the startup diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 70f0d32845..77eeb05284 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1166,11 +1166,10 @@ Processes command line options and operands. @item Reads and executes the commands from init file (if any) in the current -working directory. This is only done if (1) there's an init file in -your home directory, and (2) if the current directory is different -from your home directory. Thus, you can have more than one init file, -one generic in your home directory, and another, specific to the -program you are debugging, in the directory where you invoke +working directory. This is only done if the current directory is +different from your home directory. Thus, you can have more than one +init file, one generic in your home directory, and another, specific +to the program you are debugging, in the directory where you invoke @value{GDBN}. @item @@ -1192,19 +1191,23 @@ option (@pxref{Mode Options, ,Choosing modes}). @cindex init file name @cindex @file{.gdbinit} -@cindex @file{gdb.ini} -The @value{GDBN} init files are normally called @file{.gdbinit}@footnote{ -The DJGPP port of @value{GDBN} uses the name -@file{gdb.ini} instead, due to the limitations of file names imposed -by DOS filesystems.}. +The @value{GDBN} init files are normally called @file{.gdbinit}. On some configurations of @value{GDBN}, the init file is known by a different name (these are typically environments where a specialized form of @value{GDBN} may need to coexist with other forms, hence a different name for the specialized version's init file). These are the environments with special init file names: -@cindex @file{.vxgdbinit} @itemize @bullet +@cindex @file{gdb.ini} +@item +The DJGPP port of @value{GDBN} uses the name @file{gdb.ini}, due to +the limitations of file names imposed by DOS filesystems. The Windows +ports of @value{GDBN} use the standard name, but if they find a +@file{gdb.ini} file, they warn you about that and suggest to rename +the file to the standard name. + +@cindex @file{.vxgdbinit} @item VxWorks (Wind River Systems real-time OS): @file{.vxgdbinit}