* gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Document set/show cygwin-exceptions.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 55f80fc..4f7e442 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-22  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo (Cygwin Native): Document set/show cygwin-exceptions.
+
 2006-05-15  Nick Roberts  <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
 
        * gdbint.texinfo (Algorithms): Correct spelling and punctuation.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 422d63e..d17c71e 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -13517,6 +13517,16 @@ This is a Cygwin specific alias of info shared.
 This command loads symbols from a dll similarly to
 add-sym command but without the need to specify a base address.
 
+@kindex set cygwin-exceptions
+@item set cygwin-exceptions @var{mode}
+If @var{mode} is @code{on} gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself.
+If @var{mode} is @code{off} gdb will delay recognition of exceptions and may ignore
+some exceptions which seem to be caused by internal cygwin DLL "bookkeeping".
+
+@kindex show cygwin-exceptions
+@item show cygwin-exceptions
+Displays whether gdb will break on exceptions from the cygwin DLL itself.
+
 @kindex set new-console
 @item set new-console @var{mode}
 If @var{mode} is @code{on} the debuggee will