1 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
3 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
4 to select Modula-2 material.
6 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
8 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
10 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
11 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
13 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
15 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
17 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
19 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
21 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
23 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
24 removed from the code by Kingdon.
26 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
28 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
29 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
31 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
32 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
34 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
36 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
37 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
39 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
41 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
43 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
45 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
47 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
49 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
50 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
51 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
52 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
53 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
55 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
56 in easily replaced spot
58 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
60 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
62 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
64 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
66 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
68 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
70 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
71 politely rather than rudely.
73 Mon Jun 21 12:31:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
75 * snapshots.readme: Tell people to always report missing files.
77 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
79 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
81 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
83 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
85 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
87 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
89 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
91 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
93 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
95 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
96 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
97 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
98 minor formatting improvements.
100 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
101 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
104 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
106 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
108 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
110 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
111 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
112 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
114 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
115 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
117 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
119 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
121 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
123 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
125 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
127 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
128 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
129 command and suggest other solutions.
131 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
133 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
134 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
136 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
138 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
140 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
141 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
143 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
145 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
147 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
149 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
152 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
153 the trailing semicolon.
155 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
157 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
158 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
159 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
161 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
162 at the end of a range type.
164 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
167 Mon May 24 11:09:06 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
169 * snapshots.readme: Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs
172 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
174 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
176 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
178 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
179 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
180 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
182 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
184 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
185 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
186 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
187 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
189 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
191 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
192 directly under the main menu.
194 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
195 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
196 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
197 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
198 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
199 worrying more about those languages.
201 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
202 to omit the symbol descriptor.
204 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
206 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
207 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
209 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
211 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
213 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
215 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
218 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
220 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
222 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
223 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
225 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
227 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
228 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
230 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
232 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
234 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
235 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
237 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
238 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
239 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
240 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
242 Thu May 6 08:51:35 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
244 * snapshots.readme: Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
246 Mon May 3 17:06:45 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
248 * snapshots.readme: Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
250 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
252 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
255 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
257 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
259 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
260 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
261 (Getting Started): New node.
263 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
265 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
267 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
269 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
270 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
272 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
274 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
276 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
278 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
280 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
282 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
284 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
286 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
287 (Parameters): Rewrite.
288 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
290 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
292 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
294 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
296 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
298 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
300 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
301 Add info about internal type data structures.
303 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
305 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
307 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
309 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
311 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
313 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
315 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
317 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
318 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
320 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
323 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
324 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
327 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
328 configuration for GDB user manual.
330 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
332 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
333 stored as gdb-config.texi
335 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
337 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
339 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
341 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
343 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
345 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
347 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
349 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
351 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
353 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
355 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
357 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
359 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
361 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
363 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
365 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
367 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
369 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
371 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
373 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
374 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
376 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
378 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
380 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
382 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
384 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
386 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
387 from an email msg by Stu.
389 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
391 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
392 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
393 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
395 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
397 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
399 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
402 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
404 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
407 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
409 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
411 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
413 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
415 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
418 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
420 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
423 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
425 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
427 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
429 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
431 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
433 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
435 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
437 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
438 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
440 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
442 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
444 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
446 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
448 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
450 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
452 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
454 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
456 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
458 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
459 These will be reinserted when examined.
461 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
463 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
464 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
465 host-specific and target-specific.
467 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
469 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
470 examples (not consistent w others).
471 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
472 for generic vn of doc
474 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
476 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
478 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
480 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
482 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
484 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
485 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
486 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
488 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
490 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
492 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
493 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
495 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
497 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
498 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
500 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
502 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
503 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
505 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
507 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
509 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
511 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
512 rstack_high_address'.
514 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
516 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
517 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
520 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
522 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
524 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
526 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
528 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
530 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
532 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
534 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
535 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
536 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
537 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
539 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
541 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
543 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
545 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
548 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
550 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
551 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
552 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
554 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
556 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
558 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
560 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
562 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
564 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
565 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
566 standards.text support.
568 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
570 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
571 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
572 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
579 version-control: never