1 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
3 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
5 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
6 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
8 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
10 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
12 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
14 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
16 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
18 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
19 removed from the code by Kingdon.
21 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
23 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
24 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
26 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
27 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
29 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
31 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
32 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
34 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
36 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
38 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
40 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
42 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
44 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
45 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
46 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
47 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
48 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
50 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
51 in easily replaced spot
53 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
55 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
57 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
59 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
61 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
63 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
65 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
66 politely rather than rudely.
68 Mon Jun 21 12:31:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
70 * snapshots.readme: Tell people to always report missing files.
72 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
74 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
76 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
78 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
80 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
82 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
84 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
86 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
88 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
90 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
91 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
92 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
93 minor formatting improvements.
95 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
96 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
99 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
101 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
103 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
105 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
106 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
107 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
109 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
110 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
112 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
114 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
116 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
118 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
120 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
122 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
123 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
124 command and suggest other solutions.
126 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
128 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
129 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
131 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
133 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
135 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
136 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
138 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
140 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
142 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
144 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
147 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
148 the trailing semicolon.
150 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
152 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
153 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
154 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
156 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
157 at the end of a range type.
159 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
162 Mon May 24 11:09:06 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
164 * snapshots.readme: Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs
167 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
169 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
171 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
173 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
174 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
175 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
177 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
179 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
180 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
181 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
182 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
184 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
186 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
187 directly under the main menu.
189 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
190 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
191 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
192 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
193 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
194 worrying more about those languages.
196 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
197 to omit the symbol descriptor.
199 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
201 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
202 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
204 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
206 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
208 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
210 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
213 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
215 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
217 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
218 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
220 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
222 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
223 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
225 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
227 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
229 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
230 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
232 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
233 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
234 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
235 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
237 Thu May 6 08:51:35 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
239 * snapshots.readme: Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
241 Mon May 3 17:06:45 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
243 * snapshots.readme: Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
245 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
247 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
250 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
252 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
254 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
255 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
256 (Getting Started): New node.
258 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
260 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
262 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
264 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
265 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
267 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
269 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
271 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
273 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
275 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
277 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
279 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
281 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
282 (Parameters): Rewrite.
283 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
285 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
287 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
289 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
291 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
293 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
295 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
296 Add info about internal type data structures.
298 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
300 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
302 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
304 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
306 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
308 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
310 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
312 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
313 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
315 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
318 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
319 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
322 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
323 configuration for GDB user manual.
325 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
327 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
328 stored as gdb-config.texi
330 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
332 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
334 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
336 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
338 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
340 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
342 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
344 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
346 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
348 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
350 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
352 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
354 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
356 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
358 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
360 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
362 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
364 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
366 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
368 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
369 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
371 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
373 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
375 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
377 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
379 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
381 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
382 from an email msg by Stu.
384 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
386 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
387 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
388 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
390 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
392 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
394 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
397 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
399 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
402 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
404 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
406 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
408 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
410 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
413 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
415 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
418 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
420 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
422 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
424 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
426 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
428 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
430 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
432 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
433 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
435 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
437 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
439 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
441 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
443 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
445 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
447 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
449 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
451 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
453 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
454 These will be reinserted when examined.
456 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
458 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
459 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
460 host-specific and target-specific.
462 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
464 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
465 examples (not consistent w others).
466 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
467 for generic vn of doc
469 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
471 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
473 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
475 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
477 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
479 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
480 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
481 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
483 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
485 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
487 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
488 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
490 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
492 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
493 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
495 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
497 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
498 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
500 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
502 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
504 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
506 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
507 rstack_high_address'.
509 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
511 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
512 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
515 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
517 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
519 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
521 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
523 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
525 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
527 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
529 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
530 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
531 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
532 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
534 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
536 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
538 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
540 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
543 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
545 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
546 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
547 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
549 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
551 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
553 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
555 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
557 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
559 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
560 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
561 standards.text support.
563 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
565 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
566 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
567 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
574 version-control: never