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* gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Mention that multiple location 

breakpoints need line number info.  Add index entries.
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2008-04-20 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Mention that multiple location
breakpoints need line number info. Add index entries.
2008-04-19 Craig Silverstein <csilvers@google.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Requirements): Add an optional requirement on

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@ -3072,11 +3072,12 @@ your program. There is nothing silly or meaningless about this. When
the breakpoints are conditional, this is even useful
(@pxref{Conditions, ,Break Conditions}).
@cindex multiple locations, breakpoints
@cindex breakpoints, multiple locations
It is possible that a breakpoint corresponds to several locations
in your program. Examples of this situation are:
@itemize @bullet
@item
For a C@t{++} constructor, the @value{NGCC} compiler generates several
instances of the function body, used in different cases.
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@item
For an inlined function, a given source line can correspond to
several places where that function is inlined.
@end itemize
In all those cases, @value{GDBN} will insert a breakpoint at all
the relevant locations.
the relevant locations@footnote{
As of this writing, multiple-location breakpoints work only if there's
line number information for all the locations. This means that they
will generally not work in system libraries, unless you have debug
info with line numbers for them.}.
A breakpoint with multiple locations is displayed in the breakpoint
table using several rows---one header row, followed by one row for