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3 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
4 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
5
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6Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
7
8 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
9 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
10 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
11 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
12 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
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14Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
15
16 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
17
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18Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
19
20 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
21
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22Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
23
24 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
25 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
26
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27Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
28
29 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
30
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31Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
32
33 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
34 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
35 obsolete and/or wrong material.
36
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37Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
38
39 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
40
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41Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
42
43 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
44
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45Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
46
47 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
48 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
49
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50Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
51
52 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
53
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54Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
55
56 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
57
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58Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
59
60 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
61 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
62 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
63
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64Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
65
66 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
67 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
68 some more of them.
69
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70Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
71
72 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
73 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
74
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75Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
76
77 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
78 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
79
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80Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
81
82 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
83 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
84
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85Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
86
87 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
88 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
89
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90Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
91
92 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
93 instead of in the Sun specific section.
94 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
95 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
96 for.
97 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
98 of a function.
99 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
100 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
101 elsewhere in the main document.
102 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
103 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
104
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105Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
106
107 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
108
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109Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
110
111 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
112 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
113 one arg.
114
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115Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
116
117 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
118 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
119
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120Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
121
122 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
123 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
124
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125Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
126
127 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
128
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129Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
130
131 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
132
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133Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
134
135 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
136 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
137 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
138 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
139
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140Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
141
142 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
143
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144Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
145
146 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
147 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
148 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
149 * configure: New.
150
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151Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
152
153 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
154 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
155 (ps): New target.
156 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
157 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
158 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
159 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
160 rules completely rewritten.
161 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
162 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
163 (gdb.ps): New target
164 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
165 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
166 extensions.
167 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
168 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
169 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
170
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171Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
172
173 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
174 set.
175
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176Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
177
178 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
179 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
180
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181Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
182
fdfd6134 183 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
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185Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
186
187 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
188 `set/show print static-members' commands.
189
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191
192 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
193 core-aout.c.
194
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195Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
196
197 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
198 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
199
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200Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
201
202 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
203 Fix typo.
204
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205Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
206
207 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
208 "gdb.tar.Z".
209
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210Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
211
212 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
213 realclean.
214
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215Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
216
217 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
218
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219Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
220
221 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
222 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
223 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
224
225Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
226
227 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
228 GDB changes.
229
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230Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
231
232 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
233 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
234 sharedlibrary command.
235
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236Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
237
238 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
239 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
240
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241Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
242
243 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
244 for the sparc stub.
245
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246Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
247
248 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
249 depending on the language and which do not.
250
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251Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
252
253 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
254 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
255
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256Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
257
258 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
259 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
260
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261Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
262
263 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
264
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265Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
266
267 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
268 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
269
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270Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
271
272 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
273
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274Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
275
276 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
277 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
278 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
279
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280Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
281
282 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
283 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
284 what GDB did.
285
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286Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
287
288 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
289 of a source file.
290
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291Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
292
293 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
294
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295Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
296
297 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
298
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299start-sanitize-gdbtk
300Fri Jan 6 17:17:28 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
301
302 * gdbgui.texinfo: New file, manual for GUI (gdbtk) users.
303 * Makefile.in (gdbgui.dvi, gdbgui.info): New actions.
304end-sanitize-gdbtk
305
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306Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
307
308 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
309 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
310
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311Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
312
313 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
314 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
315
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316Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
317
318 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
319
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320Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
321
322 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
323 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
324
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325Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
326
327 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
328 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
329 macros and remove some.
330
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331Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
332
333 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
334 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
335
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336Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
337
338 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
339 is the correct gdb command.
340
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341Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
342
343 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
344 suggested but not yet implemented.
345
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346Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
347
348 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
349 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
350
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351Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
352
353 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
354 of stabs-in-coff sections.
355
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356Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
357
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358 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
359 Add index.
360 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
361 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
362
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363 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
364 when waiting for your program to stop.
365
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366Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
367
368 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
369 fields and record annotation.
370
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371Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
372
373 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
374
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375Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
376
377 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
378 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
379
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380Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
381
382 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
383 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
384 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
385 an object file format.
386
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387Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
388
389 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
390 convention.
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393Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
394
395 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
396 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
397
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398Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
399
400 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
401 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
402 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
403
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404Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
405
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406 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
407 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
408 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
409
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410 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
411 N_ENTRY node.
412
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413 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
414
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415Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
416
417 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
418 references to ieee-float.c.
419
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420Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
421
422 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
423 match what the code actually does.
424
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425Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
426
427 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
428
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429Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
430
431 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
432 i, and b.
433
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434Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
435
436 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
437 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
438 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
439 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
440
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441Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
442
443 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
444 Ghostscript.
445
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446Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
447
448 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
449 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
450 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
451 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
452
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453Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
454
455 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
456 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
457
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458Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
459
460 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
461 -16.
462
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463Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
464
465 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
466 arbitrary frame specficiations.
467
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468Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
469
470 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
471
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472Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
473
474 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
475
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476Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
477
478 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
479
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480Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
481
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482 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
483 Differences node to Statics node.
484 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
485
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486 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
487 not clean.
488
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489Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
490
491 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
492 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
493 `set print's.
494
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495Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
496
497 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
498 numbers at once.
499 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
500 ELF and SOM Transformations.
501
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502Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
503
504 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
505
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506Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
507
508 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
509 within <>.
510 (Structures): Document static members.
511
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512Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
513
514 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
515
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516Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
517
518 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
519
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520Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
521
522 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
523
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524Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
525
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526 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
527
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528 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
529 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
530 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
531 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
532
533 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
534 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
535 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
536 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
537
538Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
539
540 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
541
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542Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
543
544 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
f50cb1a3 545 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
397f9dcd 546
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547Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
548
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549 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
550 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
551 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
552 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
553 designed).
554
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555 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
556 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
557 doesn't work well.
558 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
559 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
560 languages is described in detail.
561
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562Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
563
564 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
565 characters.
566
567 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
568
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569Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
570
571 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
572 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
573
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574Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
575
576 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
577 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
578 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
579
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580Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
581
582 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
583 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
584
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585Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
586
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587 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
588
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589 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
590
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591 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
592 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
593
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594Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
595
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596 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
597
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598 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
599 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
600 per a suggestion from kingdon.
601
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602 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
603 premise.
604
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605Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
606
607 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
608 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
609
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610Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
611
9ab86fa3 612 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
a88ec213 613
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614 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
615
616 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
617 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
618
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619Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
620
621 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
622
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623Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
624
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625 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
626
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627 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
628
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629 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
630 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
631 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
632
633 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
634 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
635
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636Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
637
638 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
639 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
640 signal command and the shell kill utility.
641
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642Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
643
644 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
645
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646Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
647
648 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
649
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650Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
651
652 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
653
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654Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
655
656 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
657 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
658
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659Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
660
661 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
662 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
663 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
664
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665Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
666
667 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
668
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669Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
670
671 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
672
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673Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
674
675 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
676 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
677
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678Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
679
680 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
681
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682Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
683
684 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
685
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686Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
687
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688 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
689
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690 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
691 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
31a932d8 692
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693Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
694
695 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
696
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697Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
698
699 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
700 parameters on VAX.
701
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702Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
703
704 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
705
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706Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
707
708 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
709
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710Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
711
712 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
713 non-trivial words in section names.
714
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715Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
716
717 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
718
719 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
720
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721Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
722
723 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
724 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
725 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
726 Use @deffn to define stab types.
727 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
728 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
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729 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
730
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731Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
732
733 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
734
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735Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
736
737 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
738 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
739
740 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
741 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
742
743 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
744
745Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
746
747 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
748
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749Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
750
751 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
752 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
753 no tabs, use @r).
754 (Global Variables): Clean up.
755
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756Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
757
758 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
759
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760Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
761
762 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
763 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
764 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
765 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
766
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767Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
768
769 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
770
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771Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
772
773 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
774 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
775
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776Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
777
778 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
779
780 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
781 paragraph which follows.
782
783 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
784 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
785
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786Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
787
788 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
789
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790Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
791
792 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
793 retransmit-timeout
794
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795Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
796
797 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
798 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
799
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800Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
801
802 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
803
804 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
805
806 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
807 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
808
809 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
810
811 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
812
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813Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
814
815 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
816 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
817
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818Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
819
820 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
821
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822Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
823
824 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
825
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826Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
827
828 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
829
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830Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
831
832 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
833 to select Modula-2 material.
834
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835Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
836
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837 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
838
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839 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
840 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
841
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842Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
843
844 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
845
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846Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
847
848 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
849
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850Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
851
852 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
853 removed from the code by Kingdon.
854
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855Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
856
857 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
858 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
859
860 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
861 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
862
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863Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
864
865 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
866 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
867
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868Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
869
870 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
871
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872Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
873
874 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
875
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876Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
877
878 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
879 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
880 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
881 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
882 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
883
884 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
885 in easily replaced spot
886
887 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
888
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889Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
890
891 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
892
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893Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
894
895 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
896
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897Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
898
899 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
900 politely rather than rudely.
901
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902Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
903
904 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
905
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906Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
907
908 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
909
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910Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
911
912 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
913
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914Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
915
916 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
917
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918Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
919
920 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
921 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
922 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
923 minor formatting improvements.
924
925 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
926 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
927 new text.
928
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929Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
930
931 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
932
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933Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
934
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935 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
936 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
361daf65 937 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
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939 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
940 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
941
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942Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
943
944 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
945
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946Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
947
948 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
949
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950Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
951
952 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
953 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
954 command and suggest other solutions.
955
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956Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
957
958 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
959 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
960
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961Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
962
963 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
964 NF_LDOUBLE means.
965 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
966 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
967
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968Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
969
970 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
971
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972Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
973
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974 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
975 information.
976
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977 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
978 the trailing semicolon.
979
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980Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
981
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982 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
983 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
984 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
985
986 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
987 at the end of a range type.
988
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989 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
990 AIX extensions.
991
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992Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
993
994 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
995
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996Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
997
998 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
999 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
c778826d 1000 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
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1002Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1003
1004 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1005 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1006 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1007 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1008
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1009Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1010
1011 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1012 directly under the main menu.
1013
1014 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1015 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1016 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1017 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1018 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1019 worrying more about those languages.
1020
1021 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1022 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1023
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1024Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1025
1026 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1027 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1028
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1029Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1030
1031 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1032
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1033Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1034
1035 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1036 target remote.
1037
1038 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1039
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1040Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1041
1042 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1043 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1044
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1045Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1046
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1047 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1048 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1049
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1050 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1051
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1052 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1053
1054 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1055 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1056
1057 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1058 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1059 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1060 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1061
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1062Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1063
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1064 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1065 AIX documentation.
1066
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1067 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1068
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1069Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1070
1071 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1072 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1073 (Getting Started): New node.
1074
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1075Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1076
1077 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1078
1079 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1080
1081 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1082 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1083
a2a2eac8 1084Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
4c16b957 1085
a2a2eac8 1086 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
4c16b957 1087
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1088Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1089
1090 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1091
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1092Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1093
1094 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1095
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1096Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1097
1098 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1099 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1100 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1101
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1102Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1103
1104 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1105
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1106Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1107
1108 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1109
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1110Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1111
1112 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1113 Add info about internal type data structures.
1114
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1115Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1116
1117 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1118 $(srcdir).
1119 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1120
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1121Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1122
1123 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1124
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1125Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1126
1127 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1128
1129 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1130 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1131
1132 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1133 h8 config
1134
1135 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1136 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1137 menus).
1138
1139 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1140 configuration for GDB user manual.
1141
1142 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1143
1144 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1145 stored as gdb-config.texi
1146
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1147Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1148
1149 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1150
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1151Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1152
1153 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1154
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1155Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1156
1157 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1158 host conditionals.
1159 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1160
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1161Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1162
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1163 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1164
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1165 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1166
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1167Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1168
1169 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1170
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1171Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1172
1173 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1174
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1175Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1176
1177 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1178
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1179Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1180
1181 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1182
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1183Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1184
1185 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1186 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1187
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1188Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1189
1190 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1191
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1192Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1193
1194 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1195
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1196Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1197
1198 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1199 from an email msg by Stu.
1200
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1201Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1202
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1203 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1204 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1205 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1206
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JG
1207 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1208
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1209Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1210
1211 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1212 object file format.
1213
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1214Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1215
1216 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1217 intermediate file.
1218
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1219Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1220
93928b60 1221 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
eb7faec1 1222
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1223Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1224
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RP
1225 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1226
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1227 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1228 as well as Z8002.
1229
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1230Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1231
1232 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1233 in changes.
1234
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1235Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1236
1237 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1238
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1239Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1240
1241 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1242
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1243Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1244
1245 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1246
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1247Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1248
1249 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1250 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1251
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1252Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1253
1254 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1255
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1256Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1257
1258 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1259
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1260Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1261
1262 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1263
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1264Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1265
ca25cb3b 1266 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
493cf018 1267
2dd00294 1268Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
621b9b0b 1269
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1270 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1271 These will be reinserted when examined.
621b9b0b 1272
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1273Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1274
1275 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1276 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1277 host-specific and target-specific.
1278
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1279Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1280
1281 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1282 examples (not consistent w others).
1283 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1284 for generic vn of doc
1285
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1286Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1287
1288 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1289
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1290Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1291
1292 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1293
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1294Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1295
1296 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1297 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1298 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1299
1300 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1301
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1302Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1303
1304 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1305 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1306
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1307Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1308
1309 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1310 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1311
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1312Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1313
1314 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1315 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1316
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1317Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1318
1319 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1320
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JG
1321Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1322
1323 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1324 rstack_high_address'.
1325
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1326Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1327
1328 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1329 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1330 H8/300 from DOS.
1331
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1332Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1333
1334 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1335
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1336Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1337
1338 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1339
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1340Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1341
1342 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1343
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JG
1344Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1345
1346 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1347 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1348 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1349 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1350
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1351Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1352
1353 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1354
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1355Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1356
1357 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1358 temporary.
1359
1360Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1361
1362 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1363 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1364 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1365
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1366Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1367
1368 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1369
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1370Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1371
1372 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1373
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1374Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1375
1376 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1377 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1378 standards.text support.
1379
1380Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1381
1382 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1383 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1384 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1385
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1386\f
1387Local Variables:
1388mode: indented-text
1389left-margin: 8
1390fill-column: 74
1391version-control: never
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