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1 Tue Jun 1 15:04:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
2
3 * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_COMPLEX_BIT, TARGET_DOUBLE_COMPLEX_BIT):
4 Document that these are not used.
5
6 Thu May 27 09:28:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
7
8 * gdbint.texinfo (EXTRACT_STRUCT_VALUE_ADDRESS_P): Document.
9
10 Mon May 24 10:07:39 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
11
12 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_NUM_ARGS): Update definition. Parameter
13 numargs was dropped.
14
15 Thu May 20 12:26:59 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
16
17 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAMELESS_FUNCTION_INVOCATION): Update.
18
19 Tue Apr 27 19:14:20 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
20
21 * gdbint.texinfo (SKIP_PROLOGUE, SKIP_PROLOGUE_FRAMELESS_P):
22 Update.
23
24 Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
25
26 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
27 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
28
29 Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
30
31 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
32
33 Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
34
35 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAMES, BREAKPOINT, BIG_BREAKPOINT,
36 LITTLE_BREAKPOINT, LITTLE_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT,
37 BIG_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT): Deprecate in favor of REGISTER_NAME and
38 BREAKPOINT_FROM_PC.
39
40 Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
41
42 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
43 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
44
45 Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
46
47 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
48 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
49
50 1999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
51
52 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
53 longer exists.
54
55 Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
56
57 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi, all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove
58 nearly all @ifset/@ifclear conditionals; nobody uses them, and
59 they make the manual source incomprehensible.
60 * h8-cfg.texi: Remove, hasn't been used in years.
61
62 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
63
64 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
65
66 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
67
68 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
69 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
70
71 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
72
73 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
74 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
75 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
76 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
77 commands.
78 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
79
80 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
81
82 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
83 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
84 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
85 specializations.
86
87 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
88
89 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
90 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
91 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
92
93 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
94
95 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
96 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
97 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
98 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
99 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
100 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
101 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
102
103 There are also a number of @node changes.
104
105 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
106
107 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
108 (C Usage): Same.
109
110 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
111
112 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
113 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
114 made by HP.
115
116 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
117
118 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
119
120 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
121 removed info catch.
122
123 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
124
125 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
126 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
127
128 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
129
130 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
131
132 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
133
134 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
135 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
136
137 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
138
139 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
140
141 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
142
143 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
144
145 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
146
147 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
148
149 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
150
151 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
152 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
153
154 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
155
156 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
157 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
158 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
159 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
160 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
161
162 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
163
164 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
165
166 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
167
168 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
169
170 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
171
172 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
173 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
174
175 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
176
177 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
178
179 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
180
181 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
182 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
183 obsolete and/or wrong material.
184
185 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
186
187 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
188
189 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
190
191 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
192
193 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
194
195 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
196 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
197
198 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
199
200 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
201
202 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
203
204 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
205
206 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
207
208 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
209 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
210 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
211
212 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
213
214 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
215 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
216 some more of them.
217
218 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
219
220 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
221 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
222
223 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
224
225 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
226 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
227
228 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
229
230 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
231 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
232
233 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
234
235 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
236 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
237
238 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
239
240 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
241 instead of in the Sun specific section.
242 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
243 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
244 for.
245 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
246 of a function.
247 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
248 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
249 elsewhere in the main document.
250 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
251 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
252
253 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
254
255 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
256
257 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
258
259 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
260 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
261 one arg.
262
263 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
264
265 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
266 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
267
268 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
269
270 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
271 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
272
273 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
274
275 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
276
277 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
278
279 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
280
281 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
282
283 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
284 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
285 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
286 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
287
288 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
289
290 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
291
292 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
293
294 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
295 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
296 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
297 * configure: New.
298
299 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
300
301 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
302 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
303 (ps): New target.
304 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
305 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
306 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
307 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
308 rules completely rewritten.
309 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
310 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
311 (gdb.ps): New target
312 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
313 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
314 extensions.
315 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
316 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
317 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
318
319 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
320
321 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
322 set.
323
324 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
325
326 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
327 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
328
329 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
330
331 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
332
333 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
334
335 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
336 `set/show print static-members' commands.
337
338 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
339
340 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
341 core-aout.c.
342
343 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
344
345 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
346 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
347
348 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
349
350 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
351 Fix typo.
352
353 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
354
355 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
356 "gdb.tar.Z".
357
358 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
359
360 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
361 realclean.
362
363 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
364
365 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
366
367 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
368
369 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
370 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
371 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
372
373 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
374
375 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
376 GDB changes.
377
378 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
379
380 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
381 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
382 sharedlibrary command.
383
384 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
385
386 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
387 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
388
389 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
390
391 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
392 for the sparc stub.
393
394 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
395
396 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
397 depending on the language and which do not.
398
399 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
400
401 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
402 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
403
404 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
405
406 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
407 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
408
409 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
410
411 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
412
413 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
414
415 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
416 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
417
418 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
419
420 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
421
422 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
423
424 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
425 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
426 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
427
428 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
429
430 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
431 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
432 what GDB did.
433
434 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
435
436 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
437 of a source file.
438
439 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
440
441 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
442
443 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
444
445 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
446
447
448 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
449
450 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
451 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
452
453 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
454
455 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
456 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
457
458 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
459
460 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
461
462 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
463
464 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
465 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
466
467 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
468
469 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
470 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
471 macros and remove some.
472
473 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
474
475 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
476 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
477
478 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
479
480 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
481 is the correct gdb command.
482
483 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
484
485 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
486 suggested but not yet implemented.
487
488 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
489
490 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
491 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
492
493 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
494
495 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
496 of stabs-in-coff sections.
497
498 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
499
500 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
501 Add index.
502 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
503 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
504
505 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
506 when waiting for your program to stop.
507
508 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
509
510 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
511 fields and record annotation.
512
513 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
514
515 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
516
517 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
518
519 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
520 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
521
522 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
523
524 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
525 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
526 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
527 an object file format.
528
529 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
530
531 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
532 convention.
533 (Arguments): Fix typo.
534
535 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
536
537 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
538 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
539
540 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
541
542 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
543 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
544 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
545
546 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
547
548 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
549 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
550 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
551
552 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
553 N_ENTRY node.
554
555 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
556
557 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
558
559 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
560 references to ieee-float.c.
561
562 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
563
564 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
565 match what the code actually does.
566
567 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
568
569 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
570
571 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
572
573 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
574 i, and b.
575
576 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
577
578 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
579 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
580 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
581 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
582
583 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
584
585 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
586 Ghostscript.
587
588 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
589
590 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
591 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
592 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
593 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
594
595 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
596
597 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
598 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
599
600 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
601
602 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
603 -16.
604
605 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
606
607 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
608 arbitrary frame specficiations.
609
610 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
611
612 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
613
614 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
615
616 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
617
618 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
619
620 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
621
622 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
623
624 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
625 Differences node to Statics node.
626 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
627
628 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
629 not clean.
630
631 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
632
633 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
634 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
635 `set print's.
636
637 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
638
639 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
640 numbers at once.
641 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
642 ELF and SOM Transformations.
643
644 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
645
646 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
647
648 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
649
650 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
651 within <>.
652 (Structures): Document static members.
653
654 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
655
656 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
657
658 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
659
660 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
661
662 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
663
664 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
665
666 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
667
668 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
669
670 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
671 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
672 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
673 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
674
675 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
676 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
677 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
678 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
679
680 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
681
682 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
683
684 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
685
686 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
687 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
688
689 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
690
691 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
692 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
693 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
694 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
695 designed).
696
697 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
698 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
699 doesn't work well.
700 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
701 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
702 languages is described in detail.
703
704 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
705
706 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
707 characters.
708
709 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
710
711 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
712
713 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
714 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
715
716 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
717
718 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
719 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
720 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
721
722 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
723
724 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
725 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
726
727 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
728
729 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
730
731 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
732
733 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
734 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
735
736 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
737
738 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
739
740 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
741 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
742 per a suggestion from kingdon.
743
744 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
745 premise.
746
747 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
748
749 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
750 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
751
752 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
753
754 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
755
756 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
757
758 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
759 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
760
761 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
762
763 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
764
765 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
766
767 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
768
769 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
770
771 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
772 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
773 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
774
775 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
776 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
777
778 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
779
780 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
781 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
782 signal command and the shell kill utility.
783
784 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
785
786 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
787
788 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
789
790 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
791
792 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
793
794 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
795
796 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
797
798 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
799 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
800
801 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
802
803 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
804 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
805 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
806
807 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
808
809 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
810
811 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
812
813 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
814
815 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
816
817 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
818 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
819
820 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
821
822 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
823
824 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
825
826 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
827
828 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
829
830 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
831
832 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
833 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
834
835 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
836
837 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
838
839 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
840
841 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
842 parameters on VAX.
843
844 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
845
846 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
847
848 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
849
850 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
851
852 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
853
854 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
855 non-trivial words in section names.
856
857 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
858
859 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
860
861 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
862
863 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
864
865 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
866 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
867 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
868 Use @deffn to define stab types.
869 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
870 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
871 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
872
873 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
874
875 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
876
877 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
878
879 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
880 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
881
882 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
883 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
884
885 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
886
887 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
888
889 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
890
891 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
892
893 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
894 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
895 no tabs, use @r).
896 (Global Variables): Clean up.
897
898 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
899
900 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
901
902 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
903
904 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
905 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
906 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
907 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
908
909 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
910
911 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
912
913 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
914
915 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
916 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
917
918 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
919
920 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
921
922 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
923 paragraph which follows.
924
925 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
926 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
927
928 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
929
930 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
931
932 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
933
934 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
935 retransmit-timeout
936
937 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
938
939 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
940 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
941
942 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
943
944 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
945
946 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
947
948 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
949 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
950
951 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
952
953 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
954
955 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
956
957 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
958 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
959
960 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
961
962 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
963
964 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
965
966 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
967
968 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
969
970 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
971
972 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
973
974 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
975 to select Modula-2 material.
976
977 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
978
979 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
980
981 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
982 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
983
984 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
985
986 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
987
988 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
989
990 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
991
992 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
993
994 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
995 removed from the code by Kingdon.
996
997 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
998
999 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
1000 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
1001
1002 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
1003 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
1004
1005 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1006
1007 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
1008 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
1009
1010 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1011
1012 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
1013
1014 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1015
1016 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
1017
1018 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1019
1020 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
1021 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
1022 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
1023 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
1024 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
1025
1026 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1027 in easily replaced spot
1028
1029 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1030
1031 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1032
1033 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1034
1035 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1036
1037 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1038
1039 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1040
1041 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1042 politely rather than rudely.
1043
1044 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1045
1046 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1047
1048 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1049
1050 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1051
1052 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1053
1054 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1055
1056 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1057
1058 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1059
1060 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1061
1062 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1063 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1064 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1065 minor formatting improvements.
1066
1067 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1068 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1069 new text.
1070
1071 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1072
1073 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1074
1075 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1076
1077 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1078 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1079 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1080
1081 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1082 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1083
1084 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1085
1086 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1087
1088 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1089
1090 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1091
1092 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1093
1094 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1095 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1096 command and suggest other solutions.
1097
1098 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1099
1100 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1101 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1102
1103 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1104
1105 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1106 NF_LDOUBLE means.
1107 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1108 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1109
1110 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1111
1112 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1113
1114 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1115
1116 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1117 information.
1118
1119 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1120 the trailing semicolon.
1121
1122 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1123
1124 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1125 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1126 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1127
1128 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1129 at the end of a range type.
1130
1131 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1132 AIX extensions.
1133
1134 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1135
1136 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1137
1138 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1139
1140 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1141 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1142 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1143
1144 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1145
1146 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1147 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1148 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1149 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1150
1151 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1152
1153 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1154 directly under the main menu.
1155
1156 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1157 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1158 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1159 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1160 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1161 worrying more about those languages.
1162
1163 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1164 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1165
1166 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1167
1168 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1169 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1170
1171 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1172
1173 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1174
1175 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1176
1177 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1178 target remote.
1179
1180 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1181
1182 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1183
1184 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1185 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1186
1187 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1188
1189 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1190 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1191
1192 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1193
1194 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1195
1196 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1197 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1198
1199 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1200 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1201 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1202 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1203
1204 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1205
1206 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1207 AIX documentation.
1208
1209 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1210
1211 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1212
1213 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1214 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1215 (Getting Started): New node.
1216
1217 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1218
1219 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1220
1221 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1222
1223 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1224 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1225
1226 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1227
1228 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1229
1230 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1231
1232 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1233
1234 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1235
1236 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1237
1238 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1239
1240 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1241 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1242 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1243
1244 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1245
1246 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1247
1248 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1249
1250 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1251
1252 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1253
1254 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1255 Add info about internal type data structures.
1256
1257 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1258
1259 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1260 $(srcdir).
1261 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1262
1263 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1264
1265 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1266
1267 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1268
1269 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1270
1271 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1272 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1273
1274 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1275 h8 config
1276
1277 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1278 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1279 menus).
1280
1281 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1282 configuration for GDB user manual.
1283
1284 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1285
1286 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1287 stored as gdb-config.texi
1288
1289 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1290
1291 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1292
1293 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1294
1295 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1296
1297 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1298
1299 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1300 host conditionals.
1301 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1302
1303 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1304
1305 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1306
1307 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1308
1309 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1310
1311 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1312
1313 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1314
1315 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1316
1317 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1318
1319 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1320
1321 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1322
1323 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1324
1325 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1326
1327 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1328 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1329
1330 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1331
1332 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1333
1334 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1335
1336 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1337
1338 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1339
1340 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1341 from an email msg by Stu.
1342
1343 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1344
1345 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1346 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1347 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1348
1349 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1350
1351 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1352
1353 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1354 object file format.
1355
1356 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1357
1358 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1359 intermediate file.
1360
1361 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1362
1363 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1364
1365 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1366
1367 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1368
1369 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1370 as well as Z8002.
1371
1372 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1373
1374 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1375 in changes.
1376
1377 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1378
1379 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1380
1381 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1382
1383 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1384
1385 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1386
1387 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1388
1389 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1390
1391 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1392 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1393
1394 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1395
1396 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1397
1398 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1399
1400 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1401
1402 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1403
1404 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1405
1406 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1407
1408 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1409
1410 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1411
1412 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1413 These will be reinserted when examined.
1414
1415 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1416
1417 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1418 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1419 host-specific and target-specific.
1420
1421 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1422
1423 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1424 examples (not consistent w others).
1425 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1426 for generic vn of doc
1427
1428 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1429
1430 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1431
1432 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1433
1434 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1435
1436 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1437
1438 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1439 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1440 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1441
1442 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1443
1444 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1445
1446 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1447 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1448
1449 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1450
1451 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1452 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1453
1454 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1455
1456 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1457 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1458
1459 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1460
1461 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1462
1463 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1464
1465 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1466 rstack_high_address'.
1467
1468 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1469
1470 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1471 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1472 H8/300 from DOS.
1473
1474 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1475
1476 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1477
1478 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1479
1480 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1481
1482 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1483
1484 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1485
1486 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1487
1488 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1489 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1490 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1491 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1492
1493 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1494
1495 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1496
1497 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1498
1499 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1500 temporary.
1501
1502 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1503
1504 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1505 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1506 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1507
1508 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1509
1510 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1511
1512 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1513
1514 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1515
1516 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1517
1518 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1519 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1520 standards.text support.
1521
1522 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1523
1524 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1525 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1526 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1527
1528 \f
1529 Local Variables:
1530 mode: indented-text
1531 left-margin: 8
1532 fill-column: 74
1533 version-control: never
1534 End: