1 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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
8 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
10 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
12 (Arguments): Fix typo.
14 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
16 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
17 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
19 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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 #.
25 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
31 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
34 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
36 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
38 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
39 references to ieee-float.c.
41 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
43 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
44 match what the code actually does.
46 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
48 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
50 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
52 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
55 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
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.
62 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
64 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
67 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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".
74 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
76 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
77 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
79 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
81 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
84 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
86 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
87 arbitrary frame specficiations.
89 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
91 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
93 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
95 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
97 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
99 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
101 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
107 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
110 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
112 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
113 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
116 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
118 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
120 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
121 ELF and SOM Transformations.
123 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
125 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
127 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
129 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
131 (Structures): Document static members.
133 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
135 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
137 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
139 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
141 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
143 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
145 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
147 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
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
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.
159 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
161 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
163 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
165 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
166 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
168 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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
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
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.
183 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
185 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
188 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
190 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
192 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
193 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
195 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
201 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
203 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
204 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
206 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
208 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
210 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
212 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
213 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
215 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
217 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
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.
223 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
226 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
228 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
229 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
231 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
233 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
235 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
237 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
238 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
240 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
242 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
244 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
246 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
248 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
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.
254 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
255 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
257 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
263 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
265 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
267 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
269 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
271 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
273 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
275 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
277 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
278 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
280 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
286 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
288 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
290 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
292 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
294 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
296 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
297 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
299 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
301 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
303 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
305 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
307 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
309 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
311 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
312 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
314 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
316 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
318 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
320 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
323 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
325 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
327 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
329 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
331 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
333 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
334 non-trivial words in section names.
336 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
338 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
340 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
342 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
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.
352 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
354 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
356 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
358 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
359 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
361 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
362 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
364 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
366 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
368 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
370 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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,
375 (Global Variables): Clean up.
377 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
379 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
381 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
388 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
390 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
392 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
394 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
395 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
397 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
399 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
401 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
402 paragraph which follows.
404 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
405 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
407 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
409 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
411 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
413 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
416 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
418 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
419 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
421 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
423 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
425 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
427 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
428 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
430 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
432 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
434 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
436 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
437 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
439 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
441 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
443 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
445 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
447 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
449 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
451 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
453 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
454 to select Modula-2 material.
456 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
458 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
460 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
461 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
463 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
465 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
467 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
469 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
471 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
473 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
474 removed from the code by Kingdon.
476 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
478 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
479 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
481 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
482 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
484 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
486 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
487 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
489 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
491 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
493 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
495 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
497 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
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
505 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
506 in easily replaced spot
508 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
510 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
512 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
514 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
516 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
518 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
520 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
521 politely rather than rudely.
523 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
525 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
527 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
529 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
531 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
533 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
535 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
537 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
539 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
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.
546 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
547 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
550 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
552 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
554 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
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.
560 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
561 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
563 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
565 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
567 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
569 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
571 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
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.
577 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
579 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
580 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
582 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
584 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
586 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
587 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
589 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
591 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
593 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
595 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
598 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
599 the trailing semicolon.
601 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
607 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
608 at the end of a range type.
610 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
613 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
615 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
617 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
623 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
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.
630 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
632 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
633 directly under the main menu.
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.
642 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
643 to omit the symbol descriptor.
645 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
647 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
648 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
650 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
652 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
654 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
656 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
659 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
661 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
663 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
664 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
666 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
668 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
669 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
671 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
673 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
675 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
676 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
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.
683 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
685 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
688 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
690 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
692 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
693 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
694 (Getting Started): New node.
696 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
698 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
700 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
702 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
703 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
705 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
707 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
709 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
711 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
713 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
715 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
717 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
719 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
720 (Parameters): Rewrite.
721 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
723 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
725 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
727 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
729 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
731 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
733 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
734 Add info about internal type data structures.
736 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
738 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
740 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
742 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
744 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
746 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
748 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
750 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
751 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
753 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
756 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
757 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
760 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
761 configuration for GDB user manual.
763 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
765 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
766 stored as gdb-config.texi
768 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
770 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
772 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
774 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
776 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
778 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
780 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
782 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
784 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
786 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
788 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
790 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
792 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
794 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
796 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
798 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
800 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
802 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
804 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
806 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
807 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
809 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
811 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
813 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
815 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
817 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
819 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
820 from an email msg by Stu.
822 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
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>.
828 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
830 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
832 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
835 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
837 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
840 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
842 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
844 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
846 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
848 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
851 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
853 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
856 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
858 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
860 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
862 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
864 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
866 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
868 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
870 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
871 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
873 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
875 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
877 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
879 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
881 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
883 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
885 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
887 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
889 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
891 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
892 These will be reinserted when examined.
894 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
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.
900 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
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
907 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
909 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
911 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
913 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
915 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
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.
921 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
923 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
925 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
926 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
928 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
930 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
931 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
933 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
935 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
936 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
938 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
940 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
942 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
944 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
945 rstack_high_address'.
947 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
949 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
950 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
953 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
955 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
957 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
959 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
961 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
963 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
965 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
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.
972 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
974 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
976 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
978 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
981 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
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.
987 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
989 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
991 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
993 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
995 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
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.
1001 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
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.
1012 version-control: never