Re: Mention GMON_OUT_PREFIX in gprof(1) man page?

[Hans-Bernhard Broeker]

Gary Hade <address@hidden> wrote:

> GMON_OUT_PREFIX is not documented in the gcc(1) man page, 
> gprof(1) man page, or any other document I have been able 
> to locate, other than email messages.

Of course it isn't.  It's none of the business of either the GCC or
binutils documentation writers to document behaviour GLIBC.  That's
for Glibc itself to document.  If they didn't, the blame is theirs.

> I believe the gprof(1) man page would be a good place to 
> provide documentation exposing this feature.  

IMHO no. Because that manpage will be the same on all platforms using
gprof, regardless of whether their libc is GLIBC or not.  Not even to
mention that manpages are considered moot by project GNU (or were, the
last time I checked).  The authoritative documentation is in the info
file, instead.

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