Re: Patch to fix incorrect ChangeLog entry

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at cygnus dot com>]

Jason Molenda wrote:
> 
> Please check this in - this typeo is frustrating if you're trying
> to trace the history of lookup_block_symbol.  There is no such
> function as block_lookup_symbol.

Thanks Jason -- I'll commit this.

> 
> By the way, why isn't this patch in the sources?
>         http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-q1/msg00022.html

No idea.  Discussion, anyone?

> 
> This is Tom Tromey's patch to add a "maint profile-gdb" command
> and an --enable-profile to configure switch enable it.  It's
> invaluable if you're trying to look into performance problems -
> you enable profiling for the handful of gdb commands you care about,
> then turn it off right away.  It helps keep the noise level low so
> you can easily spot your problem.  I found the source of my prolem
> (guess which func :-) a minute after I had a gdb compiled with his
> patch.
> 
> I would be happy to update the patch to the current sources and
> repost it.  I'll probably do that even if I hear nothing from anyone
> here. :-)  I applied it against the Apple gdb sources and the only
> tricky bit was the patch to gdbint.texinfo, which applied incorrectly
> without it being obvious that it failed.
> 
> Index: ChangeLog
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/ChangeLog,v
> retrieving revision 1.1587
> diff -u -p -r1.1587 ChangeLog
> --- ChangeLog   2001/09/05 02:54:15     1.1587
> +++ ChangeLog   2001/09/05 07:03:30
> @@ -6528,7 +6528,7 @@ Tue Jan 30 15:14:26 2001  Andrew Cagney
> 
>  2001-01-29  Michael Chastain  <chastain@redhat.com>
> 
> -       * symtab.c (block_lookup_symbol): Use 'namespace' parameter in
> +       * symtab.c (lookup_block_symbol): Use 'namespace' parameter in
>         symbol comparisons in binary search.
> 
>  2001-01-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@cygnus.com>