1 1999-09-30 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
3 * gdb.texinfo: Document additional forms of specifying section
4 names and addresses for the add-symbol-file command.
6 1999-09-14 Michael Snyder <msnyder@cleaver.cygnus.com>
8 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typo, add the word "have".
10 1999-09-14 Jim Blandy <jimb@cris.red-bean.com>
12 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Document the
13 SKIP_PERMANENT_BREAKPOINT macro.
15 1999-09-07 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
17 * gdb.texinfo: Fiks speling errers.
19 * gdb.texinfo: Fix uses of @multitable.
21 From Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>:
22 * gdb.texinfo: Include details specific to DOS host, clarify
23 some confusing language, fix @ref/@xref/@pxref usages, add
24 comments about using with optimization, add more indexing,
25 fix info about disassembly-flavor.
27 Tue Sep 7 09:11:24 1999 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com>
29 * gdbint.texinfo (IN_SOLIB_DYNSYM_RESOLVE_CODE,
30 SKIP_SOLIB_RESOLVER): Define.
32 Fri Sep 3 18:05:14 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
34 * gdb.texinfo (Protocol): Review. Add tables describing ``q'' and
37 1999-08-30 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
39 * gdb.texinfo: Create a new "Configurations" chapter with
40 platform-specific info, inline remote.texi and move sections of it
41 into the new chapter, move bits about info proc, heuristic search,
42 and register stack into the new chapter.
43 * remote.texi: Remove, now part of gdb.texinfo.
44 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): Remove ref to remote.texi.
46 1999-08-27 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
48 * gdbint.texinfo (GDB_TARGET_IS_SUN3, GDB_TARGET_IS_SUN386,
49 GDB_TARGET_IS_MACH386): These kludges have gone away.
51 Wed Aug 25 10:47:03 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
53 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Mention
56 1999-08-20 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
58 * gdb.texinfo: Remove remaining "HPPA" conditionals, rewrite
59 surrounding text to fit HP-UX bits into general info.
60 (HPPA-cfg.texi): Remove, no longer useful.
62 * gdb.texinfo: Remove explicit links from @node lines, remove
63 HP-added "Detailed Node Listing" from main menu which confuses
66 From Dmitry Sivachenko <dima@Chg.RU>:
67 * gdb.texinfo: Use @value{GDBN} instead of plain GDB, fix grouping
68 in description of `set environment'.
70 1999-08-17 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
72 * gdbint.texinfo: Update coding standard to allow pure ANSI/ISO C.
74 1999-08-12 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com>
76 * gdbint.texinfo (Breakpoint Handling): Add missing words.
78 1999-08-10 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
80 * gdb.texinfo (Set Watchpoints): Explain some subtleties about
81 watch, awatch, and rwatch. Explain why the latter two cannot be
82 set as software watchpoints. Document that watchpoints for local
83 variables are deleted when the debuggee terminates.
85 Wed Aug 11 13:18:14 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@amy.cygnus.com>
87 * remote.texi (Protocol): Further clarification of the "qRcmd"
88 packet. Allow E.. response packet. "qRcmd" packet is no longer
91 1999-08-10 Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@kwikemart.cygnus.com>
93 * Makefile.in: Rename inc-hist.texi to inc-hist.texinfo.
96 1999-08-06 Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
98 * gdb.texinfo (KOD): New node.
100 Fri Aug 6 17:05:48 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
102 * remote.texi (Rcmd): Fix minor formatting typos.
104 Thu Aug 5 17:57:41 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
106 * remote.texi (protocol qRcmd): Allow ``OK'' and ``O...'' response
109 1999-07-14 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
111 * gdbint.texinfo (PREPARE_TO_PROCEED, ADDR_BITS_REMOVE): Doc
114 Tue Jun 29 11:43:55 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
116 * gdbint.texinfo (SAVE_DUMMY_FRAME_TOS): Define.
118 Fri Jun 25 11:47:06 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
120 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): ``v'' is in use. Fix
121 numerous formatting errors. Clarify ``i''. Mark ``i'', ``Z'',
122 ``z'' and ``qRcmd'' as draft instead of reserved. Identify
123 packets that are not supported on all hosts. Expand examples.
126 1999-06-24 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
128 * Makefile.in: Recognize html, install-html. Add targets
129 to build HTML versions of documentation via texi2html.
131 Thu Jun 24 15:59:03 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
133 * gdbint.texinfo (Testsuite): New chapter, information about the
136 Fri Jun 25 02:40:34 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
138 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): Rewrite.
140 Thu Jun 24 16:59:54 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
142 * stabs.texinfo: Fix uses of xref.
144 Thu Jun 17 17:23:25 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
146 * gdbint.texinfo: Add an anti-printf exhortation, and update the
147 info about patch submission.
149 Mon Jun 7 15:49:40 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
151 From Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>:
152 * gdb.texinfo: Document Chill support.
154 Fri Jun 4 16:58:22 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
156 * gdbint.texinfo (SP_REGNUM, FP_REGNUM, PC_REGNUM): Add reference
157 to corresponding TARGET_READ_reg TARGET_WRITE_reg macros.
158 Document that the value should be greater-than or equal-to zero.
159 (NO_STD_REGS): Document. Deprecate.
161 Tue Jun 1 15:04:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
163 * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_COMPLEX_BIT, TARGET_DOUBLE_COMPLEX_BIT):
164 Document that these are not used.
166 Thu May 27 09:28:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
168 * gdbint.texinfo (EXTRACT_STRUCT_VALUE_ADDRESS_P): Document.
170 Mon May 24 10:07:39 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
172 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_NUM_ARGS): Update definition. Parameter
175 Thu May 20 12:26:59 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
177 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAMELESS_FUNCTION_INVOCATION): Update.
179 Tue Apr 27 19:14:20 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
181 * gdbint.texinfo (SKIP_PROLOGUE, SKIP_PROLOGUE_FRAMELESS_P):
184 Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
186 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
187 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
189 Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
191 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
193 Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
195 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAMES, BREAKPOINT, BIG_BREAKPOINT,
196 LITTLE_BREAKPOINT, LITTLE_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT,
197 BIG_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT): Deprecate in favor of REGISTER_NAME and
200 Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
202 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
203 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
205 Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
207 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
208 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
210 1999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
212 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
215 Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
217 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi, all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove
218 nearly all @ifset/@ifclear conditionals; nobody uses them, and
219 they make the manual source incomprehensible.
220 * h8-cfg.texi: Remove, hasn't been used in years.
222 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
224 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
226 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
228 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
229 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
231 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
233 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
234 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
235 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
236 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
238 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
240 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
242 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
243 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
244 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
247 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
249 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
250 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
251 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
253 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
255 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
256 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
257 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
258 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
259 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
260 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
261 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
263 There are also a number of @node changes.
265 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
267 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
270 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
272 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
273 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
276 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
278 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
280 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
283 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
285 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
286 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
288 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
290 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
292 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
294 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
295 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
297 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
299 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
301 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
303 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
305 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
307 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
309 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
311 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
312 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
314 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
316 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
317 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
318 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
319 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
320 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
322 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
324 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
326 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
328 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
330 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
332 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
333 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
335 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
337 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
339 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
341 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
342 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
343 obsolete and/or wrong material.
345 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
347 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
349 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
351 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
353 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
355 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
356 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
358 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
360 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
362 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
364 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
366 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
368 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
369 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
370 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
372 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
374 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
375 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
378 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
380 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
381 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
383 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
385 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
386 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
388 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
390 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
391 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
393 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
395 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
396 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
398 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
400 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
401 instead of in the Sun specific section.
402 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
403 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
405 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
407 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
408 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
409 elsewhere in the main document.
410 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
411 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
413 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
415 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
417 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
419 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
420 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
423 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
425 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
426 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
428 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
430 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
431 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
433 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
435 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
437 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
439 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
441 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
443 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
444 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
445 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
446 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
448 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
450 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
452 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
454 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
455 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
456 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
459 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
461 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
462 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
464 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
465 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
466 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
467 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
468 rules completely rewritten.
469 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
470 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
472 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
473 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
475 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
476 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
477 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
479 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
481 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
484 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
486 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
487 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
489 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
491 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
493 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
495 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
496 `set/show print static-members' commands.
498 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
500 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
503 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
505 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
506 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
508 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
510 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
513 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
515 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
518 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
520 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
523 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
525 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
527 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
529 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
530 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
531 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
533 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
535 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
538 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
540 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
541 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
542 sharedlibrary command.
544 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
546 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
547 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
549 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
551 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
554 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
556 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
557 depending on the language and which do not.
559 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
561 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
562 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
564 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
566 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
567 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
569 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
571 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
573 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
575 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
576 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
578 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
580 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
582 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
584 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
585 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
586 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
588 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
590 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
591 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
594 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
596 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
599 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
601 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
603 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
605 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
608 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
610 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
611 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
613 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
615 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
616 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
618 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
620 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
622 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
624 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
625 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
627 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
629 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
630 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
631 macros and remove some.
633 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
635 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
636 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
638 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
640 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
641 is the correct gdb command.
643 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
645 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
646 suggested but not yet implemented.
648 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
650 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
651 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
653 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
655 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
656 of stabs-in-coff sections.
658 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
660 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
662 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
663 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
665 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
666 when waiting for your program to stop.
668 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
670 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
671 fields and record annotation.
673 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
675 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
677 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
679 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
680 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
682 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
684 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
685 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
686 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
687 an object file format.
689 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
691 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
693 (Arguments): Fix typo.
695 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
697 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
698 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
700 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
702 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
703 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
704 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
706 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
708 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
709 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
710 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
712 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
715 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
717 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
719 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
720 references to ieee-float.c.
722 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
724 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
725 match what the code actually does.
727 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
729 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
731 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
733 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
736 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
738 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
739 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
740 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
741 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
743 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
745 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
748 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
750 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
751 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
752 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
753 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
755 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
757 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
758 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
760 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
762 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
765 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
767 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
768 arbitrary frame specficiations.
770 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
772 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
774 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
776 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
778 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
780 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
782 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
784 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
785 Differences node to Statics node.
786 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
788 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
791 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
793 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
794 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
797 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
799 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
801 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
802 ELF and SOM Transformations.
804 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
806 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
808 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
810 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
812 (Structures): Document static members.
814 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
816 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
818 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
820 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
822 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
824 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
826 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
828 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
830 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
831 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
832 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
833 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
835 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
836 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
837 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
838 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
840 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
842 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
844 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
846 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
847 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
849 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
851 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
852 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
853 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
854 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
857 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
858 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
860 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
861 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
862 languages is described in detail.
864 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
866 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
869 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
871 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
873 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
874 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
876 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
878 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
879 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
880 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
882 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
884 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
885 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
887 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
889 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
891 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
893 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
894 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
896 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
898 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
900 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
901 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
902 per a suggestion from kingdon.
904 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
907 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
909 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
910 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
912 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
914 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
916 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
918 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
919 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
921 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
923 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
925 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
927 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
929 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
931 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
932 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
933 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
935 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
936 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
938 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
940 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
941 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
942 signal command and the shell kill utility.
944 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
946 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
948 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
950 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
952 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
954 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
956 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
958 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
959 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
961 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
963 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
964 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
965 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
967 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
969 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
971 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
973 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
975 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
977 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
978 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
980 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
982 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
984 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
986 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
988 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
990 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
992 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
993 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
995 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
997 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
999 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1001 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
1004 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1006 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
1008 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1010 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
1012 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
1014 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
1015 non-trivial words in section names.
1017 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1019 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
1021 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
1023 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
1025 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
1026 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
1027 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
1028 Use @deffn to define stab types.
1029 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
1030 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
1031 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
1033 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
1035 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
1037 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1039 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
1040 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
1042 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
1043 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
1045 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
1047 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
1049 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
1051 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1053 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
1054 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
1056 (Global Variables): Clean up.
1058 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1060 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
1062 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1064 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
1065 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
1066 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
1067 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
1069 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1071 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
1073 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
1075 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
1076 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
1078 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1080 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
1082 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
1083 paragraph which follows.
1085 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
1086 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
1088 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1090 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
1092 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1094 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
1097 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1099 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
1100 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
1102 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
1104 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
1106 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
1108 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
1109 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
1111 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
1113 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
1115 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1117 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
1118 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
1120 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1122 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
1124 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
1126 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
1128 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
1130 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
1132 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1134 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
1135 to select Modula-2 material.
1137 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1139 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
1141 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
1142 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
1144 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1146 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
1148 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1150 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
1152 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1154 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
1155 removed from the code by Kingdon.
1157 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1159 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
1160 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
1162 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
1163 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
1165 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1167 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
1168 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
1170 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1172 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
1174 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1176 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
1178 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1180 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
1181 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
1182 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
1183 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
1184 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
1186 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1187 in easily replaced spot
1189 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1191 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1193 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1195 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1197 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1199 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1201 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1202 politely rather than rudely.
1204 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1206 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1208 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1210 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1212 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1214 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1216 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1218 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1220 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1222 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1223 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1224 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1225 minor formatting improvements.
1227 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1228 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1231 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1233 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1235 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1237 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1238 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1239 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1241 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1242 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1244 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1246 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1248 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1250 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1252 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1254 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1255 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1256 command and suggest other solutions.
1258 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1260 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1261 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1263 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1265 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1267 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1268 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1270 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1272 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1274 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1276 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1279 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1280 the trailing semicolon.
1282 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1284 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1285 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1286 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1288 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1289 at the end of a range type.
1291 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1294 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1296 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1298 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1300 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1301 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1302 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1304 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1306 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1307 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1308 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1309 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1311 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1313 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1314 directly under the main menu.
1316 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1317 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1318 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1319 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1320 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1321 worrying more about those languages.
1323 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1324 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1326 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1328 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1329 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1331 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1333 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1335 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1337 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1340 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1342 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1344 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1345 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1347 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1349 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1350 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1352 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1354 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1356 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1357 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1359 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1360 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1361 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1362 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1364 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1366 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1369 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1371 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1373 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1374 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1375 (Getting Started): New node.
1377 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1379 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1381 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1383 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1384 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1386 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1388 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1390 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1392 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1394 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1396 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1398 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1400 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1401 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1402 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1404 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1406 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1408 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1410 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1412 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1414 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1415 Add info about internal type data structures.
1417 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1419 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1421 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1423 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1425 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1427 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1429 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1431 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1432 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1434 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1437 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1438 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1441 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1442 configuration for GDB user manual.
1444 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1446 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1447 stored as gdb-config.texi
1449 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1451 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1453 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1455 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1457 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1459 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1461 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1463 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1465 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1467 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1469 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1471 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1473 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1475 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1477 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1479 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1481 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1483 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1485 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1487 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1488 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1490 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1492 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1494 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1496 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1498 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1500 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1501 from an email msg by Stu.
1503 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1505 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1506 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1507 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1509 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1511 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1513 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1516 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1518 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1521 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1523 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1525 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1527 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1529 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1532 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1534 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1537 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1539 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1541 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1543 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1545 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1547 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1549 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1551 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1552 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1554 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1556 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1558 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1560 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1562 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1564 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1566 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1568 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1570 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1572 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1573 These will be reinserted when examined.
1575 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1577 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1578 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1579 host-specific and target-specific.
1581 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1583 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1584 examples (not consistent w others).
1585 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1586 for generic vn of doc
1588 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1590 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1592 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1594 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1596 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1598 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1599 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1600 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1602 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1604 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1606 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1607 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1609 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1611 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1612 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1614 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1616 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1617 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1619 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1621 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1623 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1625 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1626 rstack_high_address'.
1628 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1630 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1631 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1634 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1636 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1638 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1640 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1642 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1644 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1646 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1648 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1649 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1650 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1651 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1653 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1655 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1657 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1659 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1662 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1664 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1665 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1666 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1668 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1670 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1672 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1674 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1676 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1678 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1679 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1680 standards.text support.
1682 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1684 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1685 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1686 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1693 version-control: never