* gdb.texinfo (Threads): Clarify default value for libthread-db-search-path.

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2011-05-13 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Threads): Clarify default value for libthread-db-search-path.
* gdb.texinfo (Completion): Update example.
(Debugging Output): Delete `set/show debug lin-lwp-async'.

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If this variable is set, @var{path} is a colon-separated list of
directories @value{GDBN} will use to search for @code{libthread_db}.
If you omit @var{path}, @samp{libthread-db-search-path} will be reset to
its default value.
its default value (an empty list on @sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris systems).
Internally, the default value comes from the @code{LIBTHREAD_DB_SEARCH_PATH}
macro.
On @sc{gnu}/Linux and Solaris systems, @value{GDBN} uses a ``helper''
@code{libthread_db} library to obtain information about threads in the