gdb/doc/ChangeLog

   1 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
   2
   3         * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
   4         RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
   5         from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
   6         minor formatting improvements.
   7
   8         * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
   9         largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
  10         new text.
  11
  12 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  13
  14         * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
  15
  16 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  17
  18         * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
  19         * Makefile.in: Change accordingly.  gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
  20         * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
  21
  22         * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC.  Discuss what addresses of
  23         N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
  24
  25 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  26
  27         * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
  28
  29 Wed Jun  9 10:58:16 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  30
  31         * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
  32
  33 Tue Jun  8 13:42:04 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  34
  35         * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
  36         addresses together.  Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
  37         command and suggest other solutions.
  38
  39 Tue Jun  1 22:46:43 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
  40
  41         * gdb.texinfo (set print elements):  Note that the number of
  42         elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
  43
  44 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
  45
  46         * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
  47         NF_LDOUBLE means.
  48         (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
  49         (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
  50
  51 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993  Peter Schauer  (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
  52
  53         * gdb.texinfo:  Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
  54
  55 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  56
  57         * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
  58         information.
  59
  60         * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
  61         the trailing semicolon.
  62
  63 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  64
  65         * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
  66         and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
  67         gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
  68
  69         * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
  70         at the end of a range type.
  71
  72         * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
  73         AIX extensions.
  74
  75 Mon May 24 11:09:06 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
  76
  77         * snapshots.readme:  Clarify when obvious and non-obvious bugs
  78         should be reported.
  79
  80 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  81
  82         * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format):  Misc fixes.
  83
  84 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  85
  86         * stabs.texinfo (Constants):  Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
  87         (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
  88         (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
  89
  90 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  91
  92         * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
  93         point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
  94         (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
  95         different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
  96
  97 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
  98
  99         * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
 100         directly under the main menu.
 101
 102         * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
 103         AIX documentation and reality.  I think it now has all the
 104         information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
 105         out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
 106         all the COBOL types.  Oh well, we can add them later when we're
 107         worrying more about those languages.
 108
 109         * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
 110         to omit the symbol descriptor.
 111
 112 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 113
 114         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
 115         gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
 116
 117 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 118
 119         * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
 120
 121 Fri May  7 11:56:18 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 122
 123         * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
 124         target remote.
 125
 126         * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
 127
 128 Fri May  7 10:12:30 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 129
 130         * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
 131         mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
 132
 133 Thu May  6 16:39:50 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 134
 135         * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
 136         DOSHOST configuration of manual.
 137
 138         * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
 139
 140         * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
 141
 142         * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
 143         tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
 144
 145         * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
 146         bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
 147         .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
 148         (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
 149
 150 Thu May  6 08:51:35 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 151
 152         * snapshots.readme:  Add notes for UNIX make and GNU make.
 153
 154 Mon May  3 17:06:45 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 155
 156         * snapshots.readme:  Clarify bison/byacc/yacc notes.
 157
 158 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 159
 160         * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
 161         AIX documentation.
 162
 163         * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
 164
 165 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 166
 167         * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
 168         Move a bunch of information from ../README.
 169         (Getting Started): New node.
 170
 171 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 172
 173         * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
 174
 175         * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
 176
 177         * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
 178         stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
 179
 180 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 181
 182         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
 183
 184 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 185
 186         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
 187
 188 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 189
 190         * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
 191
 192 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 193
 194         * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
 195         (Parameters): Rewrite.
 196         (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
 197
 198 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
 199
 200         * stabs.texinfo:  Minor cleanup.
 201
 202 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 203
 204         * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
 205
 206 Wed Apr  7 14:11:07 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 207
 208         * gdbint.texinfo:  Update for new config directory structure.
 209         Add info about internal type data structures.
 210
 211 Mon Apr  5 09:06:30 1993  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 212
 213         * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
 214         $(srcdir).
 215         (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
 216
 217 Fri Apr  2 16:55:13 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 218
 219         * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
 220
 221 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 222
 223         * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
 224
 225         * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
 226         to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
 227
 228         * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
 229         h8 config
 230
 231         * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
 232         in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
 233         menus).
 234
 235         * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
 236         configuration for GDB user manual.
 237
 238         * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
 239
 240         * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
 241         stored as gdb-config.texi
 242
 243 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
 244
 245         * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
 246
 247 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 248
 249         * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
 250
 251 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 252
 253         * gdbint.texinfo:  Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
 254         host conditionals.
 255         * stabs.texinfo:  More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
 256
 257 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@cygnus.com)
 258
 259         * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
 260
 261         * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
 262
 263 Mon Mar  8 15:52:18 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 264
 265         * gdb.texinfo:  Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
 266
 267 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993  Per Bothner  (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
 268
 269         * stabs.texinfo:  Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
 270
 271 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 272
 273         * gdbint.texinfo:  Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
 274
 275 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 276
 277         * gdbint.texinfo:  Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
 278
 279 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 280
 281         * gdbint.texinfo:  Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE).  Found
 282         by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
 283
 284 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 285
 286         * gdbint.texinfo:  Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
 287
 288 Tue Feb  9 18:26:21 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 289
 290         * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
 291
 292 Sat Feb  6 10:25:47 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 293
 294         * gdbint.texinfo:  Brief documentation for longjmp support,
 295         from an email msg by Stu.
 296
 297 Fri Feb  5 14:10:15 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 298
 299         * stabs.texinfo:  Fix description of floating point "range"
 300         types (which really define basic types).  Reported by Jim Meehan,
 301         <meehan@src.dec.com>.
 302
 303         * gdbint.texinfo:  Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
 304
 305 Thu Feb  4 13:56:46 1993  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 306
 307         * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
 308         object file format.
 309
 310 Thu Feb  4 01:49:04 1993  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 311
 312         * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps):  Remove psref.tex
 313         intermediate file.
 314
 315 Tue Feb  2 12:18:06 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 316
 317         * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
 318
 319 Mon Feb  1 15:35:47 1993  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 320
 321         * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
 322
 323         * gdbinv-s.texi:  Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
 324         as well as Z8002.
 325
 326 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 327
 328         * gdbint.texinfo:  Add sections on clean design and on how to send
 329         in changes.
 330
 331 Mon Nov  9 23:57:02 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 332
 333         * gdbint.texinfo:  Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
 334
 335 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 336
 337         * gdb.texinfo:  Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
 338
 339 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 340
 341         * gdb.texinfo:  Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
 342
 343 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992  david d `zoo' zuhn  (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
 344
 345         * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
 346         added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
 347
 348 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 349
 350         * gdbint.texinfo:  Describe coding style of GDB.
 351
 352 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 353
 354         * stabs.texinfo:  Minor wording changes.
 355
 356 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 357
 358         * gdbint.texinfo:  Improve release doc slightly.
 359
 360 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
 361
 362         * gdbint.texinfo:  Improve doc of GDB config macros.
 363
 364 Wed Sep  9 16:52:06 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 365
 366         * stabs.texinfo:  Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
 367         These will be reinserted when examined.
 368
 369 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 370
 371         * gdbint.texinfo:  Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
 372         in GDB.  At least list them all, and start separating them into
 373         host-specific and target-specific.
 374
 375 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 376
 377         * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
 378         examples (not consistent w others).
 379         gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
 380         for generic vn of doc
 381
 382 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 383
 384         * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
 385
 386 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 387
 388         * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
 389
 390 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 391
 392         * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
 393           conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
 394           useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
 395
 396         * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
 397
 398 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 399
 400         * stabs.texinfo:  Minor updates from running TeX over it.
 401         * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps):  Add.
 402
 403 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992  Per Bothner  (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
 404
 405         * stabs.texinfo:  Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
 406         First pass at converting it to texinfo.
 407
 408 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 409
 410         * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex:  Document mult args on `info reg'.
 411         * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps):  Add missing $(srdir).
 412
 413 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu@cygnus.com)
 414
 415         * gdbint.texinfo:  Add section on partial symbol tables.
 416
 417 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 418
 419         * gdb.texinfo:  document `set remotedebug' and `set
 420         rstack_high_address'.
 421
 422 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992  Roland H. Pesch  (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
 423
 424         * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
 425         * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
 426         H8/300 from DOS.
 427
 428 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 429
 430         * gdb.texinfo:  `info user' => `show user'.  Noticed by David Taylor.
 431
 432 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 433
 434         * gdb.texinfo:  Say how to read the `info' files.
 435
 436 Tue May  5 12:11:38 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 437
 438         * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
 439
 440 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992  John Gilmore  (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
 441
 442         * gdb.texinfo:  Update for GDB-4.5.  Move `Formatting
 443         Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
 444         Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
 445         structure (add glob and mmalloc).  Update configure doc.
 446
 447 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 448
 449         * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
 450
 451 Sat Mar  7 18:44:50 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
 452
 453         * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule.  This is
 454           temporary.
 455
 456 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992  K. Richard Pixley  (rich@cygnus.com)
 457
 458         * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
 459           -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers.  Forced
 460           copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
 461
 462 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991  John Gilmore  (gnu at cygnus.com)
 463
 464         * gdb.texinfo:  Improve how we ask for bug reports.
 465
 466 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991  K. Richard Pixley  (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
 467
 468         * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
 469
 470 Fri Dec  6 23:57:34 1991  K. Richard Pixley  (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
 471
 472         * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
 473           cope.  install using INSTALL_DATA.  added clean-info.  added
 474           standards.text support.
 475
 476 Thu Dec  5 22:46:12 1991  K. Richard Pixley  (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
 477
 478         * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away.  Added copyrights
 479           and shift gpl to v2.  Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
 480           and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
 481
 482 \f
 483 Local Variables:
 484 mode: indented-text
 485 left-margin: 8
 486 fill-column: 74
 487 version-control: never
 488 End: