* stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / doc / ChangeLog
1 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
4 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
5
6 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
7
8 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
9
10 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
11
12 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
13 target remote.
14
15 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
16
17 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
18
19 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
20 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
21
22 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
23
24 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
25 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
26
27 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
28
29 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
30
31 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
32 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
33
34 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
35 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
36 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
37 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
38
39 Thu May 6 08:51:35 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
40
41 * snapshots.readme: Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
42
43 Mon May 3 17:06:45 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
44
45 * snapshots.readme: Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
46
47 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
48
49 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
50 AIX documentation.
51
52 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
53
54 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
55
56 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
57 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
58 (Getting Started): New node.
59
60 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
61
62 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
63
64 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
65
66 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
67 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
68
69 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
70
71 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
72
73 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
74
75 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
76
77 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
78
79 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
80
81 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
82
83 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
84 (Parameters): Rewrite.
85 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
86
87 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
88
89 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
90
91 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
92
93 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
94
95 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
96
97 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
98 Add info about internal type data structures.
99
100 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
101
102 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
103 $(srcdir).
104 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
105
106 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
107
108 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
109
110 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
111
112 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
113
114 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
115 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
116
117 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
118 h8 config
119
120 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
121 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
122 menus).
123
124 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
125 configuration for GDB user manual.
126
127 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
128
129 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
130 stored as gdb-config.texi
131
132 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
133
134 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
135
136 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
137
138 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
139
140 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
141
142 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
143 host conditionals.
144 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
145
146 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
147
148 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
149
150 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
151
152 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
153
154 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
155
156 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
157
158 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
159
160 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
161
162 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
163
164 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
165
166 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
167
168 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
169
170 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
171 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
172
173 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
174
175 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
176
177 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
178
179 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
180
181 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
182
183 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
184 from an email msg by Stu.
185
186 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
187
188 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
189 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
190 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
191
192 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
193
194 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
195
196 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
197 object file format.
198
199 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
200
201 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
202 intermediate file.
203
204 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
205
206 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
207
208 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
209
210 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
211
212 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
213 as well as Z8002.
214
215 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
216
217 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
218 in changes.
219
220 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
221
222 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
223
224 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
225
226 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
227
228 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
229
230 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
231
232 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
233
234 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
235 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
236
237 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
238
239 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
240
241 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
242
243 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
244
245 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
246
247 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
248
249 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
250
251 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
252
253 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
254
255 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
256 These will be reinserted when examined.
257
258 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
259
260 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
261 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
262 host-specific and target-specific.
263
264 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
265
266 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
267 examples (not consistent w others).
268 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
269 for generic vn of doc
270
271 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
272
273 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
274
275 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
276
277 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
278
279 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
280
281 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
282 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
283 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
284
285 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
286
287 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
288
289 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
290 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
291
292 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
293
294 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
295 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
296
297 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
298
299 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
300 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
301
302 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
303
304 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
305
306 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
307
308 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
309 rstack_high_address'.
310
311 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
312
313 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
314 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
315 H8/300 from DOS.
316
317 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
318
319 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
320
321 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
322
323 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
324
325 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
326
327 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
328
329 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
330
331 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
332 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
333 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
334 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
335
336 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
337
338 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
339
340 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
341
342 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
343 temporary.
344
345 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
346
347 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
348 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
349 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
350
351 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
352
353 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
354
355 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
356
357 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
358
359 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
360
361 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
362 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
363 standards.text support.
364
365 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
366
367 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
368 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
369 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
370