* gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / doc / ChangeLog
1 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
2
3 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
4 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
5
6 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
7
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
12 commands.
13 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
14
15 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
16
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
20 specializations.
21
22 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
23
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.
27
28 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
29
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.
37
38 There are also a number of @node changes.
39
40 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
41
42 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
43 (C Usage): Same.
44
45 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
46
47 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
48 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
49 made by HP.
50
51 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
52
53 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
54
55 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
56 removed info catch.
57
58 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
59
60 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
61 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
62
63 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
64
65 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
66
67 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
68
69 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
70 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
71
72 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
73
74 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
75
76 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
77
78 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
79
80 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
81
82 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
83
84 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
85
86 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
87 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
88
89 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
90
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.
96
97 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
98
99 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
100
101 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
102
103 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
104
105 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
106
107 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
108 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
109
110 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
111
112 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
113
114 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
115
116 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
117 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
118 obsolete and/or wrong material.
119
120 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
121
122 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
123
124 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
125
126 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
127
128 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
129
130 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
131 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
132
133 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
134
135 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
136
137 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
138
139 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
140
141 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
142
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.
146
147 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
148
149 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
150 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
151 some more of them.
152
153 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
154
155 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
156 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
157
158 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
159
160 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
161 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
162
163 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
164
165 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
166 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
167
168 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
169
170 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
171 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
172
173 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
174
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
179 for.
180 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
181 of a function.
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.
187
188 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
189
190 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
191
192 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
193
194 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
195 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
196 one arg.
197
198 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
199
200 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
201 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
202
203 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
204
205 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
206 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
207
208 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
209
210 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
211
212 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
213
214 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
215
216 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
217
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.
222
223 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
224
225 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
226
227 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
228
229 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
230 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
231 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
232 * configure: New.
233
234 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
235
236 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
237 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
238 (ps): New target.
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.
246 (gdb.ps): New target
247 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
248 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
249 extensions.
250 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
251 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
252 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
253
254 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
255
256 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
257 set.
258
259 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
260
261 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
262 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
263
264 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
265
266 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
267
268 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
269
270 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
271 `set/show print static-members' commands.
272
273 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
274
275 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
276 core-aout.c.
277
278 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
279
280 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
281 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
282
283 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
284
285 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
286 Fix typo.
287
288 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
289
290 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
291 "gdb.tar.Z".
292
293 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
294
295 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
296 realclean.
297
298 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
299
300 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
301
302 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
303
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.
307
308 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
309
310 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
311 GDB changes.
312
313 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
314
315 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
316 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
317 sharedlibrary command.
318
319 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
320
321 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
322 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
323
324 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
325
326 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
327 for the sparc stub.
328
329 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
330
331 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
332 depending on the language and which do not.
333
334 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
335
336 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
337 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
338
339 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
340
341 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
342 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
343
344 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
345
346 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
347
348 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
349
350 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
351 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
352
353 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
354
355 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
356
357 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
358
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.
362
363 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
364
365 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
366 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
367 what GDB did.
368
369 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
370
371 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
372 of a source file.
373
374 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
375
376 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
377
378 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
379
380 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
381
382 start-sanitize-gdbtk
383 Fri Jan 6 17:17:28 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
384
385 * gdbgui.texinfo: New file, manual for GUI (gdbtk) users.
386 * Makefile.in (gdbgui.dvi, gdbgui.info): New actions.
387 end-sanitize-gdbtk
388
389 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
390
391 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
392 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
393
394 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
395
396 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
397 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
398
399 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
400
401 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
402
403 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
404
405 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
406 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
407
408 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
409
410 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
411 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
412 macros and remove some.
413
414 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
415
416 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
417 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
418
419 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
420
421 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
422 is the correct gdb command.
423
424 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
425
426 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
427 suggested but not yet implemented.
428
429 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
430
431 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
432 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
433
434 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
435
436 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
437 of stabs-in-coff sections.
438
439 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
440
441 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
442 Add index.
443 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
444 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
445
446 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
447 when waiting for your program to stop.
448
449 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
450
451 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
452 fields and record annotation.
453
454 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
455
456 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
457
458 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
459
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.
462
463 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
464
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.
469
470 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
471
472 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
473 convention.
474 (Arguments): Fix typo.
475
476 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
477
478 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
479 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
480
481 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
482
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 #.
486
487 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
488
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.
492
493 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
494 N_ENTRY node.
495
496 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
497
498 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
499
500 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
501 references to ieee-float.c.
502
503 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
504
505 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
506 match what the code actually does.
507
508 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
509
510 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
511
512 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
513
514 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
515 i, and b.
516
517 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
518
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.
523
524 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
525
526 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
527 Ghostscript.
528
529 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
530
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".
535
536 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
537
538 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
539 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
540
541 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
542
543 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
544 -16.
545
546 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
547
548 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
549 arbitrary frame specficiations.
550
551 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
552
553 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
554
555 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
556
557 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
558
559 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
560
561 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
562
563 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
564
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.
568
569 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
570 not clean.
571
572 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
573
574 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
575 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
576 `set print's.
577
578 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
579
580 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
581 numbers at once.
582 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
583 ELF and SOM Transformations.
584
585 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
586
587 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
588
589 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
590
591 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
592 within <>.
593 (Structures): Document static members.
594
595 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
596
597 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
598
599 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
600
601 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
602
603 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
604
605 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
606
607 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
608
609 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
610
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
615
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.
620
621 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
622
623 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
624
625 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
626
627 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
628 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
629
630 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
631
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
636 designed).
637
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
640 doesn't work well.
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.
644
645 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
646
647 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
648 characters.
649
650 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
651
652 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
653
654 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
655 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
656
657 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
658
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.
662
663 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
664
665 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
666 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
667
668 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
669
670 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
671
672 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
673
674 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
675 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
676
677 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
678
679 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
680
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.
684
685 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
686 premise.
687
688 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
689
690 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
691 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
692
693 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
694
695 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
696
697 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
698
699 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
700 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
701
702 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
703
704 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
705
706 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
707
708 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
709
710 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
711
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.
715
716 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
717 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
718
719 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
720
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.
724
725 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
726
727 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
728
729 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
730
731 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
732
733 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
734
735 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
736
737 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
738
739 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
740 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
741
742 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
743
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.
747
748 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
749
750 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
751
752 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
753
754 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
755
756 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
757
758 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
759 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
760
761 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
762
763 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
764
765 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
766
767 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
768
769 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
770
771 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
772
773 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
774 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
775
776 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
777
778 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
779
780 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
781
782 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
783 parameters on VAX.
784
785 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
786
787 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
788
789 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
790
791 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
792
793 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
794
795 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
796 non-trivial words in section names.
797
798 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
799
800 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
801
802 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
803
804 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
805
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.
813
814 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
815
816 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
817
818 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
819
820 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
821 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
822
823 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
824 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
825
826 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
827
828 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
829
830 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
831
832 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
833
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,
836 no tabs, use @r).
837 (Global Variables): Clean up.
838
839 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
840
841 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
842
843 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
844
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.
849
850 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
851
852 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
853
854 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
855
856 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
857 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
858
859 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
860
861 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
862
863 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
864 paragraph which follows.
865
866 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
867 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
868
869 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
870
871 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
872
873 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
874
875 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
876 retransmit-timeout
877
878 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
879
880 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
881 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
882
883 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
884
885 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
886
887 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
888
889 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
890 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
891
892 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
893
894 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
895
896 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
897
898 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
899 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
900
901 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
902
903 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
904
905 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
906
907 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
908
909 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
910
911 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
912
913 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
914
915 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
916 to select Modula-2 material.
917
918 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
919
920 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
921
922 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
923 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
924
925 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
926
927 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
928
929 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
930
931 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
932
933 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
934
935 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
936 removed from the code by Kingdon.
937
938 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
939
940 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
941 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
942
943 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
944 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
945
946 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
947
948 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
949 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
950
951 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
952
953 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
954
955 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
956
957 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
958
959 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
960
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
966
967 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
968 in easily replaced spot
969
970 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
971
972 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
973
974 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
975
976 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
977
978 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
979
980 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
981
982 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
983 politely rather than rudely.
984
985 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
986
987 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
988
989 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
990
991 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
992
993 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
994
995 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
996
997 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
998
999 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1000
1001 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1002
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.
1007
1008 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1009 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1010 new text.
1011
1012 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1013
1014 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1015
1016 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1017
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.
1021
1022 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1023 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1024
1025 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1026
1027 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1028
1029 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1030
1031 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1032
1033 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1034
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.
1038
1039 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1040
1041 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1042 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1043
1044 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1045
1046 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1047 NF_LDOUBLE means.
1048 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1049 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1050
1051 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1052
1053 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1054
1055 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1056
1057 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1058 information.
1059
1060 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1061 the trailing semicolon.
1062
1063 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1064
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.
1068
1069 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1070 at the end of a range type.
1071
1072 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1073 AIX extensions.
1074
1075 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1076
1077 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1078
1079 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1080
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.
1084
1085 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1086
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.
1091
1092 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1093
1094 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1095 directly under the main menu.
1096
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.
1103
1104 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1105 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1106
1107 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1108
1109 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1110 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1111
1112 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1113
1114 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1115
1116 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1117
1118 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1119 target remote.
1120
1121 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1122
1123 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1124
1125 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1126 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1127
1128 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1129
1130 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1131 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1132
1133 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1134
1135 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1136
1137 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1138 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1139
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.
1144
1145 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1146
1147 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1148 AIX documentation.
1149
1150 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1151
1152 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1153
1154 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1155 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1156 (Getting Started): New node.
1157
1158 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1159
1160 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1161
1162 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1163
1164 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1165 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1166
1167 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1168
1169 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1170
1171 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1172
1173 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1174
1175 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1176
1177 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1178
1179 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1180
1181 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1182 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1183 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1184
1185 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1186
1187 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1188
1189 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1190
1191 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1192
1193 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1194
1195 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1196 Add info about internal type data structures.
1197
1198 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1199
1200 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1201 $(srcdir).
1202 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1203
1204 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1205
1206 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1207
1208 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1209
1210 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1211
1212 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1213 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1214
1215 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1216 h8 config
1217
1218 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1219 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1220 menus).
1221
1222 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1223 configuration for GDB user manual.
1224
1225 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1226
1227 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1228 stored as gdb-config.texi
1229
1230 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1231
1232 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1233
1234 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1235
1236 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1237
1238 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1239
1240 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1241 host conditionals.
1242 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1243
1244 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1245
1246 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1247
1248 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1249
1250 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1251
1252 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1253
1254 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1255
1256 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1257
1258 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1259
1260 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1261
1262 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1263
1264 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1265
1266 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1267
1268 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1269 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1270
1271 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1272
1273 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1274
1275 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1276
1277 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1278
1279 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1280
1281 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1282 from an email msg by Stu.
1283
1284 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1285
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>.
1289
1290 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1291
1292 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1293
1294 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1295 object file format.
1296
1297 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1298
1299 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1300 intermediate file.
1301
1302 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1303
1304 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1305
1306 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1307
1308 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1309
1310 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1311 as well as Z8002.
1312
1313 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1314
1315 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1316 in changes.
1317
1318 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1319
1320 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1321
1322 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1323
1324 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1325
1326 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1327
1328 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1329
1330 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1331
1332 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1333 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1334
1335 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1336
1337 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1338
1339 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1340
1341 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1342
1343 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1344
1345 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1346
1347 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1348
1349 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1350
1351 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1352
1353 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1354 These will be reinserted when examined.
1355
1356 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1357
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.
1361
1362 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1363
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
1368
1369 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1370
1371 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1372
1373 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1374
1375 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1376
1377 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1378
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.
1382
1383 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1384
1385 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1386
1387 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1388 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1389
1390 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1391
1392 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1393 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1394
1395 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1396
1397 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1398 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1399
1400 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1401
1402 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1403
1404 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1405
1406 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1407 rstack_high_address'.
1408
1409 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1410
1411 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1412 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1413 H8/300 from DOS.
1414
1415 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1416
1417 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1418
1419 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1420
1421 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1422
1423 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1424
1425 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1426
1427 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1428
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.
1433
1434 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1435
1436 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1437
1438 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1439
1440 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1441 temporary.
1442
1443 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1444
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.
1448
1449 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1450
1451 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1452
1453 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1454
1455 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1456
1457 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1458
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.
1462
1463 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1464
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.
1468
1469 \f
1470 Local Variables:
1471 mode: indented-text
1472 left-margin: 8
1473 fill-column: 74
1474 version-control: never
1475 End: