gdb/doc/ChangeLog

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