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