* Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
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1 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
4 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
5
6 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
7
8 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
9 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
10 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
11 an object file format.
12
13 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
14
15 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
16 convention.
17 (Arguments): Fix typo.
18
19 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
20
21 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
22 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
23
24 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
25
26 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
27 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
28 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
29
30 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
31
32 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
33 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
34 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
35
36 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
37 N_ENTRY node.
38
39 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
40
41 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
42
43 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
44 references to ieee-float.c.
45
46 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
47
48 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
49 match what the code actually does.
50
51 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
52
53 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
54
55 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
56
57 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
58 i, and b.
59
60 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
61
62 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
63 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
64 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
65 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
66
67 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
68
69 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
70 Ghostscript.
71
72 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
73
74 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
75 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
76 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
77 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
78
79 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
80
81 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
82 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
83
84 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
85
86 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
87 -16.
88
89 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
90
91 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
92 arbitrary frame specficiations.
93
94 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
95
96 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
97
98 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
99
100 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
101
102 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
103
104 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
105
106 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
107
108 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
109 Differences node to Statics node.
110 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
111
112 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
113 not clean.
114
115 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
116
117 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
118 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
119 `set print's.
120
121 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
122
123 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
124 numbers at once.
125 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
126 ELF and SOM Transformations.
127
128 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
129
130 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
131
132 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
133
134 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
135 within <>.
136 (Structures): Document static members.
137
138 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
139
140 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
141
142 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
143
144 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
145
146 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
147
148 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
149
150 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
151
152 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
153
154 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
155 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
156 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
157 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
158
159 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
160 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
161 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
162 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
163
164 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
165
166 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
167
168 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
169
170 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
171 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
172
173 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
174
175 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
176 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
177 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
178 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
179 designed).
180
181 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
182 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
183 doesn't work well.
184 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
185 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
186 languages is described in detail.
187
188 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
189
190 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
191 characters.
192
193 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
194
195 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
196
197 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
198 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
199
200 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
201
202 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
203 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
204 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
205
206 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
207
208 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
209 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
210
211 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
212
213 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
214
215 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
216
217 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
218 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
219
220 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
221
222 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
223
224 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
225 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
226 per a suggestion from kingdon.
227
228 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
229 premise.
230
231 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
232
233 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
234 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
235
236 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
237
238 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
239
240 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
241
242 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
243 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
244
245 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
246
247 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
248
249 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
250
251 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
252
253 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
254
255 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
256 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
257 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
258
259 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
260 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
261
262 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
263
264 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
265 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
266 signal command and the shell kill utility.
267
268 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
269
270 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
271
272 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
273
274 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
275
276 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
277
278 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
279
280 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
281
282 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
283 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
284
285 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
286
287 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
288 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
289 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
290
291 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
292
293 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
294
295 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
296
297 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
298
299 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
300
301 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
302 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
303
304 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
305
306 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
307
308 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
309
310 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
311
312 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
313
314 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
315
316 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
317 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
318
319 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
320
321 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
322
323 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
324
325 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
326 parameters on VAX.
327
328 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
329
330 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
331
332 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
333
334 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
335
336 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
337
338 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
339 non-trivial words in section names.
340
341 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
342
343 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
344
345 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
346
347 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
348
349 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
350 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
351 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
352 Use @deffn to define stab types.
353 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
354 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
355 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
356
357 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
358
359 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
360
361 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
362
363 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
364 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
365
366 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
367 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
368
369 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
370
371 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
372
373 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
374
375 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
376
377 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
378 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
379 no tabs, use @r).
380 (Global Variables): Clean up.
381
382 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
383
384 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
385
386 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
387
388 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
389 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
390 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
391 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
392
393 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
394
395 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
396
397 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
398
399 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
400 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
401
402 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
403
404 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
405
406 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
407 paragraph which follows.
408
409 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
410 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
411
412 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
413
414 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
415
416 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
417
418 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
419 retransmit-timeout
420
421 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
422
423 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
424 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
425
426 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
427
428 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
429
430 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
431
432 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
433 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
434
435 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
436
437 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
438
439 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
440
441 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
442 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
443
444 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
445
446 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
447
448 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
449
450 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
451
452 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
453
454 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
455
456 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
457
458 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
459 to select Modula-2 material.
460
461 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
462
463 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
464
465 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
466 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
467
468 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
469
470 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
471
472 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
473
474 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
475
476 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
477
478 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
479 removed from the code by Kingdon.
480
481 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
482
483 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
484 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
485
486 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
487 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
488
489 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
490
491 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
492 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
493
494 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
495
496 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
497
498 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
499
500 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
501
502 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
503
504 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
505 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
506 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
507 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
508 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
509
510 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
511 in easily replaced spot
512
513 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
514
515 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
516
517 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
518
519 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
520
521 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
522
523 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
524
525 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
526 politely rather than rudely.
527
528 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
529
530 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
531
532 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
533
534 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
535
536 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
537
538 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
539
540 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
541
542 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
543
544 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
545
546 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
547 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
548 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
549 minor formatting improvements.
550
551 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
552 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
553 new text.
554
555 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
556
557 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
558
559 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
560
561 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
562 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
563 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
564
565 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
566 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
567
568 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
569
570 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
571
572 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
573
574 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
575
576 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
577
578 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
579 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
580 command and suggest other solutions.
581
582 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
583
584 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
585 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
586
587 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
588
589 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
590 NF_LDOUBLE means.
591 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
592 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
593
594 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
595
596 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
597
598 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
599
600 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
601 information.
602
603 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
604 the trailing semicolon.
605
606 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
607
608 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
609 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
610 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
611
612 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
613 at the end of a range type.
614
615 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
616 AIX extensions.
617
618 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
619
620 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
621
622 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
623
624 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
625 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
626 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
627
628 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
629
630 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
631 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
632 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
633 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
634
635 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
636
637 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
638 directly under the main menu.
639
640 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
641 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
642 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
643 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
644 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
645 worrying more about those languages.
646
647 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
648 to omit the symbol descriptor.
649
650 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
651
652 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
653 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
654
655 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
656
657 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
658
659 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
660
661 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
662 target remote.
663
664 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
665
666 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
667
668 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
669 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
670
671 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
672
673 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
674 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
675
676 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
677
678 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
679
680 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
681 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
682
683 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
684 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
685 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
686 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
687
688 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
689
690 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
691 AIX documentation.
692
693 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
694
695 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
696
697 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
698 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
699 (Getting Started): New node.
700
701 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
702
703 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
704
705 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
706
707 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
708 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
709
710 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
711
712 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
713
714 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
715
716 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
717
718 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
719
720 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
721
722 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
723
724 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
725 (Parameters): Rewrite.
726 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
727
728 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
729
730 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
731
732 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
733
734 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
735
736 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
737
738 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
739 Add info about internal type data structures.
740
741 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
742
743 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
744 $(srcdir).
745 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
746
747 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
748
749 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
750
751 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
752
753 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
754
755 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
756 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
757
758 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
759 h8 config
760
761 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
762 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
763 menus).
764
765 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
766 configuration for GDB user manual.
767
768 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
769
770 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
771 stored as gdb-config.texi
772
773 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
774
775 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
776
777 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
778
779 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
780
781 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
782
783 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
784 host conditionals.
785 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
786
787 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
788
789 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
790
791 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
792
793 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
794
795 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
796
797 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
798
799 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
800
801 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
802
803 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
804
805 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
806
807 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
808
809 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
810
811 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
812 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
813
814 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
815
816 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
817
818 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
819
820 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
821
822 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
823
824 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
825 from an email msg by Stu.
826
827 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
828
829 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
830 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
831 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
832
833 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
834
835 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
836
837 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
838 object file format.
839
840 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
841
842 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
843 intermediate file.
844
845 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
846
847 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
848
849 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
850
851 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
852
853 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
854 as well as Z8002.
855
856 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
857
858 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
859 in changes.
860
861 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
862
863 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
864
865 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
866
867 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
868
869 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
870
871 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
872
873 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
874
875 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
876 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
877
878 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
879
880 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
881
882 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
883
884 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
885
886 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
887
888 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
889
890 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
891
892 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
893
894 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
895
896 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
897 These will be reinserted when examined.
898
899 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
900
901 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
902 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
903 host-specific and target-specific.
904
905 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
906
907 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
908 examples (not consistent w others).
909 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
910 for generic vn of doc
911
912 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
913
914 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
915
916 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
917
918 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
919
920 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
921
922 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
923 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
924 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
925
926 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
927
928 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
929
930 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
931 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
932
933 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
934
935 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
936 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
937
938 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
939
940 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
941 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
942
943 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
944
945 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
946
947 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
948
949 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
950 rstack_high_address'.
951
952 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
953
954 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
955 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
956 H8/300 from DOS.
957
958 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
959
960 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
961
962 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
963
964 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
965
966 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
967
968 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
969
970 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
971
972 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
973 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
974 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
975 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
976
977 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
978
979 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
980
981 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
982
983 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
984 temporary.
985
986 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
987
988 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
989 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
990 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
991
992 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
993
994 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
995
996 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
997
998 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
999
1000 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1001
1002 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1003 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1004 standards.text support.
1005
1006 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1007
1008 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1009 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1010 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1011
1012 \f
1013 Local Variables:
1014 mode: indented-text
1015 left-margin: 8
1016 fill-column: 74
1017 version-control: never
1018 End: