1 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
3 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
4 depending on the language and which do not.
6 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
8 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
9 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
11 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
13 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
14 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
16 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
18 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
20 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
22 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
23 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
25 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
27 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
29 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
31 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
32 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
33 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
35 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
37 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
38 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
41 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
43 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
46 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
48 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
50 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
52 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
55 Fri Jan 6 17:17:28 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
57 * gdbgui.texinfo: New file, manual for GUI (gdbtk) users.
58 * Makefile.in (gdbgui.dvi, gdbgui.info): New actions.
61 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
63 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
64 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
66 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
68 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
69 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
71 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
73 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
75 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
77 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
78 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
80 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
82 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
83 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
84 macros and remove some.
86 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
88 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
89 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
91 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
93 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
94 is the correct gdb command.
96 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
98 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
99 suggested but not yet implemented.
101 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
103 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
104 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
106 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
108 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
109 of stabs-in-coff sections.
111 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
113 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
115 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
116 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
118 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
119 when waiting for your program to stop.
121 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
123 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
124 fields and record annotation.
126 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
128 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
130 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
132 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
133 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
135 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
137 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
138 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
139 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
140 an object file format.
142 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
144 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
146 (Arguments): Fix typo.
148 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
150 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
151 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
153 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
155 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
156 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
157 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
159 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
161 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
162 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
163 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
165 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
168 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
170 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
172 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
173 references to ieee-float.c.
175 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
177 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
178 match what the code actually does.
180 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
182 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
184 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
186 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
189 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
191 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
192 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
193 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
194 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
196 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
198 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
201 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
203 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
204 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
205 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
206 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
208 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
210 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
211 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
213 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
215 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
218 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
220 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
221 arbitrary frame specficiations.
223 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
225 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
227 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
229 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
231 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
233 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
235 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
237 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
238 Differences node to Statics node.
239 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
241 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
244 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
246 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
247 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
250 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
252 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
254 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
255 ELF and SOM Transformations.
257 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
259 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
261 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
263 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
265 (Structures): Document static members.
267 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
269 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
271 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
273 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
275 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
277 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
279 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
281 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
283 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
284 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
285 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
286 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
288 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
289 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
290 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
291 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
293 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
295 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
297 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
299 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
300 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
302 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
304 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
305 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
306 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
307 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
310 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
311 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
313 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
314 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
315 languages is described in detail.
317 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
319 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
322 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
324 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
326 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
327 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
329 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
331 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
332 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
333 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
335 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
337 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
338 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
340 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
342 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
344 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
346 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
347 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
349 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
351 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
353 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
354 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
355 per a suggestion from kingdon.
357 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
360 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
362 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
363 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
365 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
367 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
369 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
371 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
372 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
374 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
376 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
378 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
380 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
382 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
384 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
385 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
386 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
388 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
389 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
391 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
393 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
394 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
395 signal command and the shell kill utility.
397 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
399 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
401 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
403 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
405 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
407 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
409 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
411 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
412 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
414 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
416 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
417 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
418 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
420 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
422 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
424 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
426 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
428 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
430 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
431 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
433 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
435 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
437 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
439 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
441 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
443 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
445 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
446 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
448 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
450 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
452 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
454 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
457 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
459 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
461 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
463 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
465 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
467 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
468 non-trivial words in section names.
470 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
472 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
474 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
476 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
478 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
479 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
480 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
481 Use @deffn to define stab types.
482 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
483 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
484 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
486 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
488 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
490 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
492 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
493 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
495 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
496 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
498 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
500 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
502 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
504 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
506 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
507 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
509 (Global Variables): Clean up.
511 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
513 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
515 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
517 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
518 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
519 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
520 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
522 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
524 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
526 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
528 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
529 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
531 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
533 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
535 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
536 paragraph which follows.
538 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
539 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
541 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
543 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
545 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
547 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
550 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
552 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
553 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
555 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
557 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
559 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
561 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
562 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
564 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
566 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
568 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
570 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
571 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
573 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
575 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
577 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
579 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
581 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
583 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
585 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
587 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
588 to select Modula-2 material.
590 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
592 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
594 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
595 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
597 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
599 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
601 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
603 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
605 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
607 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
608 removed from the code by Kingdon.
610 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
612 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
613 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
615 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
616 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
618 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
620 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
621 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
623 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
625 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
627 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
629 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
631 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
633 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
634 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
635 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
636 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
637 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
639 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
640 in easily replaced spot
642 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
644 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
646 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
648 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
650 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
652 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
654 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
655 politely rather than rudely.
657 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
659 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
661 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
663 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
665 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
667 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
669 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
671 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
673 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
675 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
676 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
677 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
678 minor formatting improvements.
680 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
681 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
684 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
686 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
688 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
690 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
691 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
692 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
694 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
695 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
697 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
699 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
701 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
703 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
705 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
707 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
708 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
709 command and suggest other solutions.
711 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
713 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
714 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
716 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
718 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
720 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
721 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
723 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
725 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
727 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
729 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
732 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
733 the trailing semicolon.
735 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
737 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
738 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
739 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
741 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
742 at the end of a range type.
744 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
747 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
749 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
751 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
753 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
754 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
755 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
757 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
759 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
760 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
761 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
762 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
764 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
766 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
767 directly under the main menu.
769 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
770 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
771 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
772 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
773 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
774 worrying more about those languages.
776 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
777 to omit the symbol descriptor.
779 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
781 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
782 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
784 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
786 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
788 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
790 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
793 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
795 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
797 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
798 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
800 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
802 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
803 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
805 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
807 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
809 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
810 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
812 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
813 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
814 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
815 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
817 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
819 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
822 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
824 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
826 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
827 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
828 (Getting Started): New node.
830 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
832 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
834 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
836 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
837 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
839 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
841 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
843 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
845 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
847 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
849 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
851 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
853 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
854 (Parameters): Rewrite.
855 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
857 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
859 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
861 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
863 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
865 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
867 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
868 Add info about internal type data structures.
870 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
872 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
874 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
876 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
878 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
880 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
882 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
884 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
885 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
887 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
890 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
891 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
894 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
895 configuration for GDB user manual.
897 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
899 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
900 stored as gdb-config.texi
902 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
904 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
906 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
908 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
910 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
912 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
914 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
916 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
918 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
920 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
922 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
924 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
926 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
928 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
930 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
932 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
934 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
936 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
938 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
940 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
941 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
943 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
945 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
947 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
949 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
951 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
953 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
954 from an email msg by Stu.
956 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
958 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
959 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
960 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
962 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
964 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
966 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
969 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
971 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
974 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
976 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
978 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
980 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
982 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
985 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
987 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
990 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
992 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
994 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
996 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
998 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1000 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1002 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1004 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1005 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1007 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1009 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1011 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1013 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1015 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1017 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1019 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1021 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1023 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1025 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1026 These will be reinserted when examined.
1028 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1030 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1031 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1032 host-specific and target-specific.
1034 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1036 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1037 examples (not consistent w others).
1038 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1039 for generic vn of doc
1041 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1043 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1045 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1047 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1049 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1051 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1052 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1053 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1055 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1057 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1059 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1060 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1062 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1064 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1065 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1067 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1069 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1070 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1072 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1074 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1076 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1078 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1079 rstack_high_address'.
1081 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1083 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1084 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1087 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1089 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1091 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1093 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1095 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1097 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1099 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1101 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1102 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1103 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1104 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1106 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1108 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1110 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1112 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1115 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1117 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1118 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1119 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1121 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1123 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1125 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1127 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1129 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1131 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1132 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1133 standards.text support.
1135 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1137 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1138 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1139 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1146 version-control: never