Committed as obvious. 2004-10-19 Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com> * thread-db.c (get_thread_signals): Doc fix. *************** *** 1205,1213 **** } /* Function: get_thread_signals ! Obtain the values of the "cancel", "restart" and "debug" signals ! used by linux threads, and store them in a set of global variables ! for use by check_child_state and friends. */ static int cancel_signal; static int restart_signal; --- 1342,1360 ---- } /* Function: get_thread_signals ! ! Obtain the values of the "cancel", "restart" and "debug" signals ! used by LinuxThreads, and store them in a set of global variables ! for use by check_child_state and friends. ! ! Recent versions of NPTL don't define these symbols at all; you must ! use the libthread_db event functions instead (td_ta_event_addr, ! ...) to find out about thread creation, thread exits, and so on. ! ! Older versions of LinuxThreads provide both interfaces. To avoid ! changing RDA's behavior on any system it supports, we use the older ! signal-based interface if present, and use the event-based ! interface as a fall-back. */ static int cancel_signal; static int restart_signal;