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1 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
4 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
5 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
6 an object file format.
7
8 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
9
10 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
11 convention.
12 (Arguments): Fix typo.
13
14 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
15
16 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
17 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
18
19 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
20
21 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
22 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
23 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
24
25 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
26
27 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
28 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
29 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
30
31 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
32 N_ENTRY node.
33
34 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
35
36 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
37
38 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
39 references to ieee-float.c.
40
41 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
42
43 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
44 match what the code actually does.
45
46 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
47
48 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
49
50 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
51
52 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
53 i, and b.
54
55 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
56
57 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
58 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
59 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
60 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
61
62 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
63
64 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
65 Ghostscript.
66
67 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
68
69 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
70 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
71 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
72 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
73
74 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
75
76 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
77 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
78
79 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
80
81 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
82 -16.
83
84 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
85
86 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
87 arbitrary frame specficiations.
88
89 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
90
91 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
92
93 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
94
95 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
96
97 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
98
99 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
100
101 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
102
103 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
104 Differences node to Statics node.
105 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
106
107 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
108 not clean.
109
110 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
111
112 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
113 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
114 `set print's.
115
116 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
117
118 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
119 numbers at once.
120 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
121 ELF and SOM Transformations.
122
123 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
124
125 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
126
127 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
128
129 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
130 within <>.
131 (Structures): Document static members.
132
133 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
134
135 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
136
137 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
138
139 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
140
141 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
142
143 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
144
145 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
146
147 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
148
149 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
150 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
151 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
152 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
153
154 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
155 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
156 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
157 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
158
159 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
160
161 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
162
163 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
164
165 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
166 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
167
168 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
169
170 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
171 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
172 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
173 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
174 designed).
175
176 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
177 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
178 doesn't work well.
179 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
180 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
181 languages is described in detail.
182
183 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
184
185 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
186 characters.
187
188 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
189
190 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
191
192 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
193 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
194
195 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
196
197 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
198 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
199 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
200
201 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
202
203 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
204 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
205
206 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
207
208 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
209
210 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
211
212 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
213 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
214
215 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
216
217 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
218
219 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
220 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
221 per a suggestion from kingdon.
222
223 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
224 premise.
225
226 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
227
228 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
229 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
230
231 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
232
233 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
234
235 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
236
237 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
238 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
239
240 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
241
242 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
243
244 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
245
246 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
247
248 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
249
250 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
251 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
252 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
253
254 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
255 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
256
257 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
258
259 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
260 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
261 signal command and the shell kill utility.
262
263 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
264
265 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
266
267 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
268
269 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
270
271 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
272
273 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
274
275 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
276
277 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
278 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
279
280 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
281
282 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
283 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
284 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
285
286 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
287
288 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
289
290 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
291
292 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
293
294 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
295
296 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
297 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
298
299 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
300
301 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
302
303 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
304
305 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
306
307 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
308
309 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
310
311 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
312 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
313
314 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
315
316 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
317
318 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
319
320 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
321 parameters on VAX.
322
323 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
324
325 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
326
327 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
328
329 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
330
331 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
332
333 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
334 non-trivial words in section names.
335
336 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
337
338 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
339
340 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
341
342 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
343
344 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
345 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
346 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
347 Use @deffn to define stab types.
348 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
349 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
350 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
351
352 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
353
354 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
355
356 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
357
358 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
359 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
360
361 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
362 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
363
364 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
365
366 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
367
368 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
369
370 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
371
372 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
373 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
374 no tabs, use @r).
375 (Global Variables): Clean up.
376
377 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
378
379 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
380
381 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
382
383 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
384 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
385 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
386 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
387
388 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
389
390 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
391
392 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
393
394 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
395 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
396
397 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
398
399 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
400
401 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
402 paragraph which follows.
403
404 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
405 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
406
407 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
408
409 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
410
411 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
412
413 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
414 retransmit-timeout
415
416 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
417
418 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
419 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
420
421 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
422
423 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
424
425 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
426
427 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
428 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
429
430 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
431
432 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
433
434 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
435
436 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
437 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
438
439 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
440
441 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
442
443 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
444
445 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
446
447 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
448
449 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
450
451 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
452
453 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
454 to select Modula-2 material.
455
456 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
457
458 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
459
460 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
461 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
462
463 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
464
465 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
466
467 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
468
469 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
470
471 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
472
473 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
474 removed from the code by Kingdon.
475
476 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
477
478 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
479 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
480
481 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
482 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
483
484 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
485
486 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
487 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
488
489 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
490
491 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
492
493 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
494
495 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
496
497 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
498
499 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
500 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
501 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
502 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
503 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
504
505 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
506 in easily replaced spot
507
508 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
509
510 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
511
512 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
513
514 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
515
516 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
517
518 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
519
520 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
521 politely rather than rudely.
522
523 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
524
525 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
526
527 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
528
529 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
530
531 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
532
533 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
534
535 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
536
537 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
538
539 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
540
541 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
542 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
543 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
544 minor formatting improvements.
545
546 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
547 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
548 new text.
549
550 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
551
552 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
553
554 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
555
556 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
557 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
558 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
559
560 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
561 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
562
563 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
564
565 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
566
567 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
568
569 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
570
571 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
572
573 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
574 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
575 command and suggest other solutions.
576
577 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
578
579 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
580 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
581
582 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
583
584 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
585 NF_LDOUBLE means.
586 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
587 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
588
589 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
590
591 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
592
593 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
594
595 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
596 information.
597
598 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
599 the trailing semicolon.
600
601 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
602
603 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
604 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
605 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
606
607 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
608 at the end of a range type.
609
610 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
611 AIX extensions.
612
613 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
614
615 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
616
617 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
618
619 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
620 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
621 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
622
623 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
624
625 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
626 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
627 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
628 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
629
630 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
631
632 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
633 directly under the main menu.
634
635 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
636 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
637 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
638 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
639 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
640 worrying more about those languages.
641
642 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
643 to omit the symbol descriptor.
644
645 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
646
647 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
648 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
649
650 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
651
652 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
653
654 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
655
656 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
657 target remote.
658
659 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
660
661 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
662
663 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
664 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
665
666 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
667
668 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
669 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
670
671 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
672
673 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
674
675 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
676 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
677
678 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
679 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
680 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
681 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
682
683 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
684
685 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
686 AIX documentation.
687
688 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
689
690 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
691
692 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
693 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
694 (Getting Started): New node.
695
696 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
697
698 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
699
700 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
701
702 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
703 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
704
705 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
706
707 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
708
709 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
710
711 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
712
713 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
714
715 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
716
717 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
718
719 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
720 (Parameters): Rewrite.
721 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
722
723 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
724
725 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
726
727 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
728
729 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
730
731 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
732
733 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
734 Add info about internal type data structures.
735
736 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
737
738 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
739 $(srcdir).
740 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
741
742 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
743
744 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
745
746 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
747
748 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
749
750 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
751 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
752
753 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
754 h8 config
755
756 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
757 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
758 menus).
759
760 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
761 configuration for GDB user manual.
762
763 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
764
765 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
766 stored as gdb-config.texi
767
768 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
769
770 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
771
772 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
773
774 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
775
776 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
777
778 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
779 host conditionals.
780 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
781
782 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
783
784 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
785
786 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
787
788 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
789
790 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
791
792 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
793
794 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
795
796 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
797
798 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
799
800 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
801
802 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
803
804 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
805
806 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
807 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
808
809 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
810
811 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
812
813 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
814
815 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
816
817 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
818
819 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
820 from an email msg by Stu.
821
822 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
823
824 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
825 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
826 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
827
828 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
829
830 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
831
832 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
833 object file format.
834
835 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
836
837 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
838 intermediate file.
839
840 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
841
842 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
843
844 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
845
846 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
847
848 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
849 as well as Z8002.
850
851 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
852
853 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
854 in changes.
855
856 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
857
858 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
859
860 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
861
862 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
863
864 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
865
866 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
867
868 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
869
870 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
871 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
872
873 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
874
875 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
876
877 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
878
879 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
880
881 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
882
883 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
884
885 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
886
887 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
888
889 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
890
891 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
892 These will be reinserted when examined.
893
894 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
895
896 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
897 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
898 host-specific and target-specific.
899
900 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
901
902 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
903 examples (not consistent w others).
904 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
905 for generic vn of doc
906
907 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
908
909 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
910
911 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
912
913 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
914
915 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
916
917 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
918 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
919 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
920
921 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
922
923 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
924
925 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
926 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
927
928 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
929
930 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
931 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
932
933 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
934
935 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
936 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
937
938 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
939
940 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
941
942 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
943
944 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
945 rstack_high_address'.
946
947 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
948
949 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
950 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
951 H8/300 from DOS.
952
953 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
954
955 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
956
957 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
958
959 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
960
961 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
962
963 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
964
965 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
966
967 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
968 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
969 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
970 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
971
972 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
973
974 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
975
976 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
977
978 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
979 temporary.
980
981 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
982
983 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
984 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
985 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
986
987 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
988
989 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
990
991 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
992
993 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
994
995 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
996
997 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
998 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
999 standards.text support.
1000
1001 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1002
1003 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1004 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1005 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1006
1007 \f
1008 Local Variables:
1009 mode: indented-text
1010 left-margin: 8
1011 fill-column: 74
1012 version-control: never
1013 End: