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[src/trunk]: src/external/gpl3/binutils/usr.sbin/dbsym New sentence, new line.



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/1f278929ca54
branches:  trunk
changeset: 778208:1f278929ca54
user:      wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Mar 19 09:13:33 2012 +0000

description:
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diffstat:

 external/gpl3/binutils/usr.sbin/dbsym/dbsym.8 |  38 +++++++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diffs (77 lines):

diff -r 3ea26517f351 -r 1f278929ca54 external/gpl3/binutils/usr.sbin/dbsym/dbsym.8
--- a/external/gpl3/binutils/usr.sbin/dbsym/dbsym.8     Mon Mar 19 07:05:18 2012 +0000
+++ b/external/gpl3/binutils/usr.sbin/dbsym/dbsym.8     Mon Mar 19 09:13:33 2012 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: dbsym.8,v 1.2 2012/03/19 05:38:26 bsh Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: dbsym.8,v 1.3 2012/03/19 09:13:33 wiz Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd November 9, 2001
+.Dd March 19, 2012
 .Dt DBSYM 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@
 .Va db_symtab
 array (in the data section) so that the
 .Xr ddb 4
-kernel debugger can find the symbols.  This program is only used
+kernel debugger can find the symbols.
+This program is only used
 on systems for which the boot program does not load the symbol table
-into memory with the kernel.  The space for these symbols is
+into memory with the kernel.
+The space for these symbols is
 reserved in the data segment using a config option like:
-.Pp
-.Li options            SYMTAB_SPACE=72000
-.Pp
+.Dl options            SYMTAB_SPACE=72000
 The size of the db_symtab array (the value of SYMTAB_SPACE) must be
-at least as large as the kernel symbol table.  If insufficient space
+at least as large as the kernel symbol table.
+If insufficient space
 is reserved, dbsym will refuse to copy the symbol table.
 .Pp
 To recognize kernel executable format, the
@@ -33,13 +34,6 @@
 flag specifies BFD name of kernel.
 .Pp
 If the
-.Fl v
-flag is given,
-.Nm
-will print out status information as
-it is copying the symbol table.
-.Pp
-If the
 .Fl p
 flag is given,
 .Nm
@@ -47,6 +41,13 @@
 db_symtab space.
 Two values are printed out in a line separated by a space.
 .Pp
+If the
+.Fl v
+flag is given,
+.Nm
+will print out status information as
+it is copying the symbol table.
+.Pp
 Note that debugging symbols are not useful to the
 .Xr ddb 4
 kernel debugger, so to minimize the size of the kernel, one should
@@ -56,10 +57,9 @@
 .Xr strip 1
 command to strip debugging symbols from the kernel before
 .Nm
-is used to copy the symbol table.  The command
-.Pp
-.Li strip -d netbsd
-.Pp
+is used to copy the symbol table.
+The command
+.Dl strip -d netbsd
 will strip out debugging symbols.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr strip 1 ,



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