[Bug gdb/15840] doc: gdbserver: Are the binary files needed on the host, or only on the target?

["dilyan.palauzov at aegee dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15840

--- Comment #3 from dilyan.palauzov at aegee dot org <dilyan.palauzov at aegee dot org> ---
This suggestion says two things:
  -- that the non-debuging sections are required on the host, and
  -- all libraries the program depends on, are needed on the host, even
libraries, which are not going to be debuged.

What about this text (I mean here with executable code the non-debuging
sections, maybe you have a better term for this):

  You need a copy of program you want to debug, including any libraries it
requires, on the host.  These shall include debuging information and must
include the executable code.

I think the information behind

  'gdbserver' does not need your program's symbol table, so you can 
  strip 'gdbserver' copy of the program if necessary to save space.
  GDB on the host system does all the symbol handling.

is already included in the documentation.  The last sentence is not clear
enough to state, that the debugging symbols are needed on the host, as users do
not know what is needed to do "all the symbol handling", or how shall it be
understood.

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