Bug 704010 - make gdb's help a bit clearer re: ptype & whatis
Summary: make gdb's help a bit clearer re: ptype & whatis
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: gdb
Version: 6.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jan Kratochvil
QA Contact: qe-baseos-tools-bugs
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-11 20:15 UTC by Paul Victor Novarese
Modified: 2018-11-26 19:08 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: gdb-7.2-49.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-12-06 17:33:53 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1699 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE gdb bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 01:02:33 UTC

Description Paul Victor Novarese 2011-05-11 20:15:08 UTC 
Description of problem:

ptype and whatis are very closely related. However, the distinction is not really clearly defined in the gdb help. Tromey asked me to file a bug about it since I was confused.

Probably just clarifying that ptype strips typedefs and pointing the user at whatis and vice versa should be enough.
Comment 5 Jan Kratochvil 2011-07-12 18:32:17 UTC 
[doc patch] whatis vs. ptype - the difference
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-07/msg00306.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 17:33:53 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1699.html
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