1 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
3 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
4 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
6 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
8 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
9 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
10 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
11 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
13 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
15 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
17 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
18 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
19 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
22 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
24 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
25 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
26 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
28 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
30 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
31 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
32 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
33 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
34 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
35 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
36 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
38 There are also a number of @node changes.
40 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
42 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
45 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
47 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
48 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
51 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
53 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
55 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
58 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
60 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
61 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
63 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
65 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
67 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
69 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
70 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
72 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
74 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
76 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
78 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
80 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
82 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
84 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
86 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
87 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
89 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
91 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
92 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
93 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
94 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
95 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
97 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
99 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
101 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
103 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
105 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
107 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
108 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
110 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
112 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
114 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
116 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
117 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
118 obsolete and/or wrong material.
120 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
122 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
124 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
126 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
128 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
130 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
131 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
133 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
135 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
137 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
139 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
141 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
143 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
144 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
145 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
147 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
149 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
150 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
153 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
155 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
156 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
158 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
160 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
161 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
163 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
165 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
166 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
168 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
170 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
171 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
173 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
175 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
176 instead of in the Sun specific section.
177 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
178 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
180 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
182 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
183 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
184 elsewhere in the main document.
185 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
186 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
188 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
190 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
192 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
194 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
195 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
198 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
200 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
201 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
203 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
205 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
206 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
208 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
210 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
212 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
214 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
216 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
218 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
219 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
220 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
221 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
223 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
225 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
227 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
229 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
230 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
231 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
234 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
236 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
237 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
239 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
240 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
241 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
242 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
243 rules completely rewritten.
244 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
245 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
247 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
248 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
250 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
251 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
252 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
254 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
256 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
259 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
261 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
262 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
264 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
266 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
268 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
270 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
271 `set/show print static-members' commands.
273 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
275 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
278 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
280 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
281 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
283 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
285 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
288 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
290 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
293 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
295 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
298 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
300 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
302 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
304 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
305 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
306 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
308 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
310 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
313 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
315 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
316 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
317 sharedlibrary command.
319 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
321 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
322 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
324 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
326 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
329 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
331 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
332 depending on the language and which do not.
334 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
336 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
337 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
339 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
341 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
342 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
344 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
346 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
348 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
350 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
351 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
353 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
355 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
357 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
359 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
360 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
361 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
363 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
365 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
366 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
369 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
371 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
374 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
376 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
378 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
380 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
383 Fri Jan 6 17:17:28 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
385 * gdbgui.texinfo: New file, manual for GUI (gdbtk) users.
386 * Makefile.in (gdbgui.dvi, gdbgui.info): New actions.
389 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
391 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
392 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
394 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
396 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
397 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
399 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
401 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
403 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
405 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
406 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
408 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
410 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
411 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
412 macros and remove some.
414 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
416 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
417 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
419 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
421 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
422 is the correct gdb command.
424 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
426 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
427 suggested but not yet implemented.
429 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
431 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
432 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
434 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
436 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
437 of stabs-in-coff sections.
439 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
441 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
443 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
444 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
446 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
447 when waiting for your program to stop.
449 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
451 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
452 fields and record annotation.
454 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
456 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
458 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
460 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
461 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
463 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
465 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
466 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
467 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
468 an object file format.
470 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
472 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
474 (Arguments): Fix typo.
476 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
478 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
479 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
481 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
483 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
484 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
485 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
487 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
489 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
490 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
491 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
493 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
496 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
498 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
500 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
501 references to ieee-float.c.
503 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
505 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
506 match what the code actually does.
508 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
510 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
512 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
514 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
517 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
519 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
520 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
521 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
522 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
524 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
526 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
529 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
531 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
532 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
533 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
534 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
536 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
538 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
539 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
541 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
543 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
546 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
548 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
549 arbitrary frame specficiations.
551 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
553 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
555 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
557 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
559 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
561 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
563 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
565 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
566 Differences node to Statics node.
567 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
569 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
572 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
574 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
575 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
578 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
580 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
582 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
583 ELF and SOM Transformations.
585 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
587 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
589 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
591 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
593 (Structures): Document static members.
595 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
597 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
599 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
601 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
603 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
605 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
607 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
609 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
611 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
612 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
613 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
614 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
616 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
617 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
618 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
619 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
621 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
623 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
625 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
627 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
628 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
630 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
632 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
633 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
634 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
635 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
638 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
639 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
641 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
642 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
643 languages is described in detail.
645 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
647 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
650 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
652 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
654 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
655 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
657 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
659 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
660 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
661 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
663 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
665 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
666 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
668 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
670 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
672 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
674 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
675 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
677 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
679 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
681 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
682 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
683 per a suggestion from kingdon.
685 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
688 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
690 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
691 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
693 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
695 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
697 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
699 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
700 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
702 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
704 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
706 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
708 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
710 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
712 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
713 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
714 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
716 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
717 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
719 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
721 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
722 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
723 signal command and the shell kill utility.
725 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
727 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
729 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
731 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
733 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
735 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
737 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
739 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
740 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
742 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
744 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
745 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
746 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
748 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
750 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
752 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
754 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
756 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
758 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
759 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
761 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
763 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
765 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
767 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
769 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
771 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
773 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
774 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
776 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
778 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
780 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
782 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
785 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
787 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
789 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
791 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
793 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
795 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
796 non-trivial words in section names.
798 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
800 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
802 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
804 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
806 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
807 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
808 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
809 Use @deffn to define stab types.
810 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
811 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
812 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
814 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
816 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
818 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
820 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
821 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
823 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
824 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
826 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
828 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
830 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
832 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
834 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
835 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
837 (Global Variables): Clean up.
839 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
841 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
843 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
845 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
846 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
847 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
848 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
850 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
852 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
854 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
856 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
857 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
859 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
861 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
863 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
864 paragraph which follows.
866 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
867 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
869 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
871 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
873 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
875 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
878 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
880 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
881 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
883 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
885 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
887 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
889 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
890 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
892 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
894 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
896 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
898 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
899 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
901 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
903 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
905 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
907 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
909 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
911 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
913 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
915 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
916 to select Modula-2 material.
918 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
920 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
922 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
923 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
925 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
927 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
929 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
931 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
933 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
935 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
936 removed from the code by Kingdon.
938 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
940 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
941 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
943 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
944 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
946 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
948 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
949 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
951 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
953 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
955 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
957 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
959 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
961 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
962 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
963 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
964 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
965 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
967 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
968 in easily replaced spot
970 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
972 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
974 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
976 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
978 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
980 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
982 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
983 politely rather than rudely.
985 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
987 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
989 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
991 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
993 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
995 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
997 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
999 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1001 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1003 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1004 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1005 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1006 minor formatting improvements.
1008 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1009 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1012 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1014 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1016 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1018 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1019 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1020 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1022 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1023 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1025 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1027 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1029 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1031 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1033 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1035 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1036 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1037 command and suggest other solutions.
1039 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1041 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1042 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1044 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1046 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1048 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1049 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1051 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1053 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1055 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1057 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1060 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1061 the trailing semicolon.
1063 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1065 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1066 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1067 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1069 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1070 at the end of a range type.
1072 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1075 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1077 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1079 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1081 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1082 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1083 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1085 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1087 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1088 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1089 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1090 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1092 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1094 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1095 directly under the main menu.
1097 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1098 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1099 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1100 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1101 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1102 worrying more about those languages.
1104 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1105 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1107 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1109 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1110 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1112 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1114 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1116 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1118 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1121 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1123 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1125 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1126 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1128 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1130 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1131 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1133 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1135 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1137 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1138 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1140 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1141 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1142 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1143 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1145 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1147 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1150 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1152 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1154 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1155 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1156 (Getting Started): New node.
1158 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1160 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1162 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1164 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1165 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1167 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1169 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1171 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1173 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1175 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1177 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1179 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1181 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1182 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1183 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1185 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1187 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1189 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1191 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1193 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1195 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1196 Add info about internal type data structures.
1198 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1200 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1202 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1204 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1206 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1208 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1210 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1212 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1213 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1215 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1218 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1219 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1222 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1223 configuration for GDB user manual.
1225 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1227 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1228 stored as gdb-config.texi
1230 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1232 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1234 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1236 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1238 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1240 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1242 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1244 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1246 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1248 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1250 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1252 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1254 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1256 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1258 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1260 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1262 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1264 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1266 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1268 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1269 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1271 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1273 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1275 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1277 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1279 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1281 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1282 from an email msg by Stu.
1284 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1286 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1287 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1288 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1290 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1292 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1294 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1297 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1299 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1302 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1304 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1306 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1308 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1310 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1313 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1315 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1318 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1320 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1322 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1324 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1326 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1328 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1330 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1332 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1333 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1335 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1337 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1339 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1341 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1343 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1345 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1347 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1349 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1351 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1353 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1354 These will be reinserted when examined.
1356 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1358 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1359 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1360 host-specific and target-specific.
1362 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1364 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1365 examples (not consistent w others).
1366 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1367 for generic vn of doc
1369 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1371 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1373 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1375 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1377 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1379 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1380 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1381 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1383 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1385 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1387 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1388 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1390 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1392 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1393 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1395 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1397 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1398 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1400 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1402 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1404 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1406 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1407 rstack_high_address'.
1409 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1411 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1412 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1415 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1417 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1419 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1421 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1423 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1425 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1427 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1429 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1430 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1431 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1432 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1434 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1436 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1438 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1440 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1443 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1445 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1446 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1447 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1449 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1451 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1453 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1455 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1457 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1459 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1460 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1461 standards.text support.
1463 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1465 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1466 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1467 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1474 version-control: never