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compare-sections: New -r option.
authorDavid Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com>
Thu, 1 May 2014 17:09:43 +0000 (18:09 +0100)
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Thu, 1 May 2014 17:09:43 +0000 (18:09 +0100)
commit95cf3b38cd2fae4a53c8ff12bef21b2ae3fdd0cb
tree1b4b41e6e17c5aeec13fac06f3df9e366011352b
parent86a80a50f2cb244e6b9ec18b93675972baa50d78
compare-sections: New -r option.

When connecting to a remote system, we use the compare-sections
command to verify that the box is running the code that we think it is
running.  Since the system is up and running and *NOT* 'freshly
downloaded without yet executing anything', read-write sections, of
course, differ from what they were in the executable file.

Comparing read-write sections takes time and more importantly the
MIS-MATCHED output is confusing to some users.

The compare-sections command compares all loadable sections including
read-write sections.  This patch gives the user the option to compare
just the loadable read-only sections.

gdb/
2014-05-01  David Taylor  <dtaylor@emc.com>

* remote.c (compare_sections_command): Add -r option to compare
all loadable read-only sections.

gdb/doc/
2014-05-01  David Taylor  <dtaylor@emc.com>

* gdb.texinfo (compare-sections): Document the new -r (read-only)
option.
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