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