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gdb/841: Doco 'jump' vs '$pc = ..., $npc = ....'


>Number:         841
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       Doco 'jump'  vs '$pc = ..., $npc = ....'
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 20 12:48:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ac131313@redhat.com
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
http://sources.redhat.com/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb_15.html#IDX545

Doco should mention that, on some architectures, 'jump ...' actually sets $pc and $npc (and well if I'd not deleted the 88k) $nnpc.

Or to put it another way 'set $pc = ...' is not portable across architectures.
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