* stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / doc / ChangeLog
1 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
4 AIX extensions.
5
6 Mon May 24 11:09:06 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
7
8 * snapshots.readme: Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs
9 should be reported.
10
11 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
12
13 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
14
15 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
16
17 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
18 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
19 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
20
21 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
22
23 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
24 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
25 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
26 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
27
28 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
29
30 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
31 directly under the main menu.
32
33 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
34 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
35 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
36 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
37 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
38 worrying more about those languages.
39
40 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
41 to omit the symbol descriptor.
42
43 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
44
45 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
46 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
47
48 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
49
50 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
51
52 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
53
54 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
55 target remote.
56
57 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
58
59 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
60
61 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
62 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
63
64 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
65
66 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
67 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
68
69 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
70
71 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
72
73 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
74 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
75
76 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
77 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
78 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
79 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
80
81 Thu May 6 08:51:35 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
82
83 * snapshots.readme: Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
84
85 Mon May 3 17:06:45 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
86
87 * snapshots.readme: Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
88
89 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
90
91 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
92 AIX documentation.
93
94 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
95
96 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
97
98 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
99 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
100 (Getting Started): New node.
101
102 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
103
104 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
105
106 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
107
108 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
109 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
110
111 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
112
113 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
114
115 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
116
117 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
118
119 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
120
121 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
122
123 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
124
125 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
126 (Parameters): Rewrite.
127 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
128
129 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
130
131 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
132
133 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
134
135 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
136
137 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
138
139 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
140 Add info about internal type data structures.
141
142 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
143
144 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
145 $(srcdir).
146 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
147
148 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
149
150 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
151
152 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
153
154 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
155
156 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
157 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
158
159 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
160 h8 config
161
162 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
163 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
164 menus).
165
166 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
167 configuration for GDB user manual.
168
169 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
170
171 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
172 stored as gdb-config.texi
173
174 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
175
176 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
177
178 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
179
180 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
181
182 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
183
184 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
185 host conditionals.
186 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
187
188 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
189
190 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
191
192 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
193
194 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
195
196 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
197
198 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
199
200 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
201
202 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
203
204 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
205
206 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
207
208 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
209
210 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
211
212 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
213 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
214
215 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
216
217 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
218
219 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
220
221 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
222
223 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
224
225 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
226 from an email msg by Stu.
227
228 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
229
230 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
231 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
232 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
233
234 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
235
236 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
237
238 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
239 object file format.
240
241 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
242
243 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
244 intermediate file.
245
246 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
247
248 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
249
250 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
251
252 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
253
254 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
255 as well as Z8002.
256
257 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
258
259 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
260 in changes.
261
262 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
263
264 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
265
266 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
267
268 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
269
270 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
271
272 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
273
274 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
275
276 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
277 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
278
279 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
280
281 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
282
283 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
284
285 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
286
287 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
288
289 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
290
291 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
292
293 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
294
295 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
296
297 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
298 These will be reinserted when examined.
299
300 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
301
302 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
303 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
304 host-specific and target-specific.
305
306 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
307
308 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
309 examples (not consistent w others).
310 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
311 for generic vn of doc
312
313 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
314
315 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
316
317 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
318
319 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
320
321 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
322
323 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
324 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
325 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
326
327 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
328
329 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
330
331 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
332 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
333
334 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
335
336 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
337 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
338
339 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
340
341 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
342 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
343
344 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
345
346 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
347
348 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
349
350 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
351 rstack_high_address'.
352
353 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
354
355 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
356 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
357 H8/300 from DOS.
358
359 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
360
361 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
362
363 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
364
365 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
366
367 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
368
369 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
370
371 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
372
373 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
374 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
375 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
376 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
377
378 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
379
380 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
381
382 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
383
384 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
385 temporary.
386
387 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
388
389 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
390 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
391 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
392
393 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
394
395 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
396
397 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
398
399 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
400
401 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
402
403 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
404 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
405 standards.text support.
406
407 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
408
409 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
410 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
411 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
412
413 \f
414 Local Variables:
415 mode: indented-text
416 left-margin: 8
417 fill-column: 74
418 version-control: never
419 End: