gdb/doc/ChangeLog

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   2 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
   3
   4         * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
   5
   6 =======
   7 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
   8
   9         * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
  10         RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
  11         from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
  12         minor formatting improvements.
  13
  14         * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
  15         largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
  16         new text.
  17
  18 >>>>>>> 2.97
  19 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  20
  21         * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
  22
  23 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  24
  25         * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
  26         * Makefile.in: Change accordingly.  gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
  27         * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
  28
  29         * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC.  Discuss what addresses of
  30         N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
  31
  32 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  33
  34         * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
  35
  36 Wed Jun  9 10:58:16 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  37
  38         * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
  39
  40 Tue Jun  8 13:42:04 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  41
  42         * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
  43         addresses together.  Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
  44         command and suggest other solutions.
  45
  46 Tue Jun  1 22:46:43 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
  47
  48         * gdb.texinfo (set print elements):  Note that the number of
  49         elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
  50
  51 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  52
  53         * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
  54         NF_LDOUBLE means.
  55         (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
  56         (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
  57
  58 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993  Peter Schauer  (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
  59
  60         * gdb.texinfo:  Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
  61
  62 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  63
  64         * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
  65         information.
  66
  67         * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
  68         the trailing semicolon.
  69
  70 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  71
  72         * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
  73         and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
  74         gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
  75
  76         * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
  77         at the end of a range type.
  78
  79         * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
  80         AIX extensions.
  81
  82 Mon May 24 11:09:06 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
  83
  84         * snapshots.readme:  Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs
  85         should be reported.
  86
  87 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  88
  89         * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format):  Misc fixes.
  90
  91 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  92
  93         * stabs.texinfo (Constants):  Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
  94         (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
  95         (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
  96
  97 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  98
  99         * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
 100         point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
 101         (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
 102         different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
 103
 104 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 105
 106         * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
 107         directly under the main menu.
 108
 109         * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
 110         AIX documentation and reality.  I think it now has all the
 111         information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
 112         out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
 113         all the COBOL types.  Oh well, we can add them later when we're
 114         worrying more about those languages.
 115
 116         * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
 117         to omit the symbol descriptor.
 118
 119 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 120
 121         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
 122         gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
 123
 124 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 125
 126         * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
 127
 128 Fri May  7 11:56:18 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 129
 130         * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
 131         target remote.
 132
 133         * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
 134
 135 Fri May  7 10:12:30 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 136
 137         * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
 138         mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
 139
 140 Thu May  6 16:39:50 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 141
 142         * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
 143         DOSHOST configuration of manual.
 144
 145         * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
 146
 147         * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
 148
 149         * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
 150         tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
 151
 152         * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
 153         bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
 154         .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
 155         (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
 156
 157 Thu May  6 08:51:35 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 158
 159         * snapshots.readme:  Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
 160
 161 Mon May  3 17:06:45 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 162
 163         * snapshots.readme:  Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
 164
 165 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 166
 167         * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
 168         AIX documentation.
 169
 170         * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
 171
 172 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 173
 174         * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
 175         Move a bunch of information from ../README.
 176         (Getting Started): New node.
 177
 178 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 179
 180         * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
 181
 182         * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
 183
 184         * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
 185         stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
 186
 187 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 188
 189         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
 190
 191 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 192
 193         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
 194
 195 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 196
 197         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
 198
 199 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 200
 201         * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
 202         (Parameters): Rewrite.
 203         (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
 204
 205 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
 206
 207         * stabs.texinfo:  Minor cleanup.
 208
 209 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 210
 211         * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
 212
 213 Wed Apr  7 14:11:07 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 214
 215         * gdbint.texinfo:  Update for new config directory structure.
 216         Add info about internal type data structures.
 217
 218 Mon Apr  5 09:06:30 1993  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 219
 220         * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
 221         $(srcdir).
 222         (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
 223
 224 Fri Apr  2 16:55:13 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 225
 226         * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
 227
 228 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 229
 230         * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
 231
 232         * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
 233         to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
 234
 235         * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
 236         h8 config
 237
 238         * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
 239         in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
 240         menus).
 241
 242         * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
 243         configuration for GDB user manual.
 244
 245         * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
 246
 247         * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
 248         stored as gdb-config.texi
 249
 250 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
 251
 252         * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
 253
 254 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 255
 256         * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
 257
 258 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 259
 260         * gdbint.texinfo:  Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
 261         host conditionals.
 262         * stabs.texinfo:  More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
 263
 264 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 265
 266         * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
 267
 268         * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
 269
 270 Mon Mar  8 15:52:18 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 271
 272         * gdb.texinfo:  Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
 273
 274 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993  Per Bothner  (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
 275
 276         * stabs.texinfo:  Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
 277
 278 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 279
 280         * gdbint.texinfo:  Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
 281
 282 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 283
 284         * gdbint.texinfo:  Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
 285
 286 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 287
 288         * gdbint.texinfo:  Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE).  Found
 289         by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
 290
 291 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 292
 293         * gdbint.texinfo:  Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
 294
 295 Tue Feb  9 18:26:21 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 296
 297         * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
 298
 299 Sat Feb  6 10:25:47 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 300
 301         * gdbint.texinfo:  Brief documentation for longjmp support,
 302         from an email msg by Stu.
 303
 304 Fri Feb  5 14:10:15 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 305
 306         * stabs.texinfo:  Fix description of floating point "range"
 307         types (which really define basic types).  Reported by Jim Meehan,
 308         <meehan@src.dec.com>.
 309
 310         * gdbint.texinfo:  Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
 311
 312 Thu Feb  4 13:56:46 1993  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 313
 314         * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
 315         object file format.
 316
 317 Thu Feb  4 01:49:04 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 318
 319         * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps):  Remove psref.tex
 320         intermediate file.
 321
 322 Tue Feb  2 12:18:06 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 323
 324         * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
 325
 326 Mon Feb  1 15:35:47 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 327
 328         * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
 329
 330         * gdbinv-s.texi:  Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
 331         as well as Z8002.
 332
 333 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 334
 335         * gdbint.texinfo:  Add sections on clean design and on how to send
 336         in changes.
 337
 338 Mon Nov  9 23:57:02 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 339
 340         * gdbint.texinfo:  Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
 341
 342 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 343
 344         * gdb.texinfo:  Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
 345
 346 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 347
 348         * gdb.texinfo:  Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
 349
 350 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
 351
 352         * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
 353         added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
 354
 355 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 356
 357         * gdbint.texinfo:  Describe coding style of GDB.
 358
 359 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 360
 361         * stabs.texinfo:  Minor wording changes.
 362
 363 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 364
 365         * gdbint.texinfo:  Improve release doc slightly.
 366
 367 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
 368
 369         * gdbint.texinfo:  Improve doc of GDB config macros.
 370
 371 Wed Sep  9 16:52:06 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 372
 373         * stabs.texinfo:  Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
 374         These will be reinserted when examined.
 375
 376 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 377
 378         * gdbint.texinfo:  Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
 379         in GDB.  At least list them all, and start separating them into
 380         host-specific and target-specific.
 381
 382 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 383
 384         * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
 385         examples (not consistent w others).
 386         gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
 387         for generic vn of doc
 388
 389 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 390
 391         * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
 392
 393 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 394
 395         * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
 396
 397 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 398
 399         * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
 400           conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
 401           useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
 402
 403         * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
 404
 405 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 406
 407         * stabs.texinfo:  Minor updates from running TeX over it.
 408         * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps):  Add.
 409
 410 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992  Per Bothner  (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
 411
 412         * stabs.texinfo:  Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
 413         First pass at converting it to texinfo.
 414
 415 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 416
 417         * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex:  Document mult args on `info reg'.
 418         * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps):  Add missing $(srdir).
 419
 420 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 421
 422         * gdbint.texinfo:  Add section on partial symbol tables.
 423
 424 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 425
 426         * gdb.texinfo:  document `set remotedebug' and `set
 427         rstack_high_address'.
 428
 429 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 430
 431         * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
 432         * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
 433         H8/300 from DOS.
 434
 435 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 436
 437         * gdb.texinfo:  `info user' => `show user'.  Noticed by David Taylor.
 438
 439 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 440
 441         * gdb.texinfo:  Say how to read the `info' files.
 442
 443 Tue May  5 12:11:38 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 444
 445         * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
 446
 447 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
 448
 449         * gdb.texinfo:  Update for GDB-4.5.  Move `Formatting
 450         Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
 451         Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
 452         structure (add glob and mmalloc).  Update configure doc.
 453
 454 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 455
 456         * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
 457
 458 Sat Mar  7 18:44:50 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
 459
 460         * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule.  This is
 461           temporary.
 462
 463 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 464
 465         * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
 466           -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers.  Forced
 467           copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
 468
 469 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 470
 471         * gdb.texinfo:  Improve how we ask for bug reports.
 472
 473 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991  K. Richard Pixley  (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
 474
 475         * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
 476
 477 Fri Dec  6 23:57:34 1991  K. Richard Pixley  (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
 478
 479         * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
 480           cope.  install using INSTALL_DATA.  added clean-info.  added
 481           standards.text support.
 482
 483 Thu Dec  5 22:46:12 1991  K. Richard Pixley  (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
 484
 485         * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away.  Added copyrights
 486           and shift gpl to v2.  Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
 487           and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
 488
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 491 mode: indented-text
 492 left-margin: 8
 493 fill-column: 74
 494 version-control: never
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