gdb/doc/ChangeLog

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