1 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
3 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
5 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
7 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
8 references to ieee-float.c.
10 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
12 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
13 match what the code actually does.
15 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
17 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
19 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
21 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
24 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
26 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
27 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
28 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
29 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
31 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
33 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
36 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
38 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
39 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
40 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
41 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
43 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
45 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
46 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
48 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
50 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
53 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
55 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
56 arbitrary frame specficiations.
58 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
60 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
62 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
64 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
66 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
68 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
70 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
72 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
73 Differences node to Statics node.
74 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
76 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
79 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
81 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
82 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
85 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
87 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
89 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
90 ELF and SOM Transformations.
92 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
94 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
96 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
98 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
100 (Structures): Document static members.
102 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
104 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
106 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
108 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
110 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
112 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
114 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
116 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
118 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
119 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
120 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
121 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
123 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
124 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
125 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
126 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
128 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
130 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
132 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
134 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
135 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
137 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
139 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
140 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
141 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
142 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
145 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
146 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
148 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
149 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
150 languages is described in detail.
152 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
154 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
157 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
159 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
161 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
162 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
164 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
166 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
167 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
168 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
170 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
172 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
173 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
175 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
177 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
179 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
181 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
182 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
184 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
186 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
188 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
189 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
190 per a suggestion from kingdon.
192 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
195 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
197 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
198 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
200 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
202 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
204 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
206 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
207 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
209 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
211 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
213 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
215 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
217 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
219 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
220 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
221 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
223 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
224 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
226 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
228 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
229 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
230 signal command and the shell kill utility.
232 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
234 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
236 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
238 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
240 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
242 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
244 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
246 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
247 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
249 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
251 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
252 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
253 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
255 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
257 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
259 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
261 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
263 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
265 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
266 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
268 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
270 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
272 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
274 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
276 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
278 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
280 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
281 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
283 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
285 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
287 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
289 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
292 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
294 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
296 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
298 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
300 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
302 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
303 non-trivial words in section names.
305 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
307 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
309 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
311 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
313 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
314 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
315 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
316 Use @deffn to define stab types.
317 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
318 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
319 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
321 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
323 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
325 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
327 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
328 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
330 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
331 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
333 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
335 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
337 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
339 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
341 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
342 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
344 (Global Variables): Clean up.
346 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
348 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
350 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
352 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
353 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
354 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
355 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
357 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
359 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
361 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
363 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
364 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
366 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
368 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
370 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
371 paragraph which follows.
373 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
374 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
376 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
378 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
380 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
382 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
385 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
387 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
388 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
390 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
392 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
394 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
396 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
397 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
399 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
401 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
403 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
405 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
406 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
408 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
410 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
412 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
414 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
416 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
418 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
420 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
422 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
423 to select Modula-2 material.
425 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
427 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
429 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
430 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
432 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
434 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
436 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
438 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
440 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
442 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
443 removed from the code by Kingdon.
445 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
447 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
448 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
450 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
451 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
453 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
455 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
456 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
458 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
460 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
462 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
464 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
466 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
468 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
469 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
470 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
471 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
472 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
474 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
475 in easily replaced spot
477 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
479 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
481 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
483 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
485 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
487 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
489 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
490 politely rather than rudely.
492 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
494 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
496 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
498 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
500 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
502 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
504 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
506 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
508 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
510 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
511 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
512 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
513 minor formatting improvements.
515 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
516 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
519 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
521 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
523 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
525 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
526 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
527 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
529 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
530 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
532 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
534 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
536 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
538 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
540 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
542 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
543 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
544 command and suggest other solutions.
546 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
548 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
549 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
551 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
553 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
555 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
556 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
558 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
560 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
562 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
564 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
567 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
568 the trailing semicolon.
570 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
572 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
573 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
574 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
576 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
577 at the end of a range type.
579 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
582 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
584 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
586 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
588 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
589 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
590 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
592 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
594 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
595 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
596 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
597 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
599 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
601 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
602 directly under the main menu.
604 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
605 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
606 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
607 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
608 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
609 worrying more about those languages.
611 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
612 to omit the symbol descriptor.
614 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
616 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
617 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
619 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
621 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
623 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
625 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
628 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
630 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
632 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
633 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
635 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
637 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
638 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
640 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
642 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
644 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
645 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
647 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
648 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
649 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
650 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
652 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
654 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
657 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
659 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
661 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
662 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
663 (Getting Started): New node.
665 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
667 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
669 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
671 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
672 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
674 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
676 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
678 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
680 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
682 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
684 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
686 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
688 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
689 (Parameters): Rewrite.
690 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
692 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
694 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
696 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
698 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
700 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
702 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
703 Add info about internal type data structures.
705 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
707 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
709 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
711 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
713 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
715 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
717 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
719 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
720 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
722 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
725 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
726 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
729 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
730 configuration for GDB user manual.
732 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
734 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
735 stored as gdb-config.texi
737 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
739 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
741 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
743 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
745 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
747 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
749 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
751 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
753 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
755 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
757 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
759 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
761 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
763 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
765 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
767 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
769 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
771 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
773 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
775 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
776 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
778 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
780 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
782 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
784 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
786 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
788 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
789 from an email msg by Stu.
791 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
793 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
794 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
795 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
797 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
799 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
801 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
804 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
806 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
809 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
811 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
813 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
815 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
817 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
820 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
822 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
825 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
827 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
829 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
831 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
833 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
835 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
837 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
839 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
840 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
842 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
844 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
846 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
848 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
850 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
852 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
854 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
856 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
858 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
860 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
861 These will be reinserted when examined.
863 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
865 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
866 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
867 host-specific and target-specific.
869 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
871 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
872 examples (not consistent w others).
873 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
874 for generic vn of doc
876 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
878 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
880 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
882 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
884 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
886 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
887 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
888 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
890 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
892 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
894 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
895 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
897 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
899 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
900 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
902 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
904 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
905 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
907 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
909 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
911 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
913 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
914 rstack_high_address'.
916 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
918 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
919 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
922 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
924 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
926 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
928 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
930 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
932 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
934 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
936 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
937 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
938 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
939 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
941 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
943 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
945 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
947 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
950 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
952 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
953 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
954 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
956 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
958 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
960 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
962 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
964 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
966 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
967 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
968 standards.text support.
970 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
972 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
973 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
974 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
981 version-control: never