1 Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
3 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
4 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
6 Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
8 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
10 Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
12 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAMES, BREAKPOINT, BIG_BREAKPOINT,
13 LITTLE_BREAKPOINT, LITTLE_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT,
14 BIG_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT): Deprecate in favor of REGISTER_NAME and
17 Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
19 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
20 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
22 Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
24 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
25 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
27 1999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
29 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
32 Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
34 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi, all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove
35 nearly all @ifset/@ifclear conditionals; nobody uses them, and
36 they make the manual source incomprehensible.
37 * h8-cfg.texi: Remove, hasn't been used in years.
39 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
41 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
43 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
45 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
46 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
48 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
50 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
51 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
52 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
53 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
55 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
57 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
59 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
60 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
61 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
64 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
66 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
67 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
68 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
70 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
72 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
73 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
74 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
75 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
76 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
77 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
78 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
80 There are also a number of @node changes.
82 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
84 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
87 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
89 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
90 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
93 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
95 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
97 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
100 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
102 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
103 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
105 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
107 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
109 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
111 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
112 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
114 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
116 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
118 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
120 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
122 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
124 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
126 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
128 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
129 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
131 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
133 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
134 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
135 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
136 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
137 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
139 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
141 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
143 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
145 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
147 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
149 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
150 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
152 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
154 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
156 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
158 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
159 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
160 obsolete and/or wrong material.
162 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
164 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
166 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
168 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
170 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
172 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
173 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
175 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
177 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
179 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
181 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
183 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
185 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
186 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
187 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
189 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
191 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
192 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
195 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
197 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
198 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
200 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
202 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
203 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
205 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
207 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
208 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
210 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
212 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
213 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
215 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
217 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
218 instead of in the Sun specific section.
219 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
220 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
222 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
224 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
225 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
226 elsewhere in the main document.
227 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
228 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
230 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
232 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
234 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
236 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
237 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
240 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
242 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
243 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
245 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
247 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
248 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
250 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
252 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
254 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
256 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
258 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
260 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
261 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
262 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
263 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
265 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
267 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
269 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
271 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
272 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
273 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
276 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
278 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
279 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
281 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
282 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
283 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
284 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
285 rules completely rewritten.
286 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
287 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
289 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
290 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
292 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
293 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
294 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
296 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
298 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
301 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
303 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
304 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
306 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
308 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
310 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
312 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
313 `set/show print static-members' commands.
315 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
317 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
320 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
322 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
323 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
325 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
327 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
330 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
332 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
335 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
337 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
340 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
342 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
344 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
346 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
347 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
348 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
350 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
352 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
355 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
357 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
358 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
359 sharedlibrary command.
361 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
363 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
364 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
366 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
368 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
371 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
373 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
374 depending on the language and which do not.
376 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
378 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
379 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
381 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
383 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
384 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
386 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
388 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
390 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
392 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
393 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
395 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
397 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
399 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
401 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
402 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
403 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
405 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
407 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
408 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
411 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
413 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
416 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
418 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
420 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
422 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
425 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
427 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
428 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
430 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
432 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
433 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
435 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
437 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
439 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
441 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
442 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
444 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
446 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
447 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
448 macros and remove some.
450 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
452 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
453 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
455 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
457 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
458 is the correct gdb command.
460 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
462 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
463 suggested but not yet implemented.
465 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
467 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
468 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
470 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
472 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
473 of stabs-in-coff sections.
475 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
477 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
479 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
480 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
482 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
483 when waiting for your program to stop.
485 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
487 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
488 fields and record annotation.
490 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
492 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
494 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
496 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
497 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
499 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
501 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
502 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
503 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
504 an object file format.
506 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
508 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
510 (Arguments): Fix typo.
512 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
514 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
515 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
517 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
519 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
520 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
521 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
523 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
525 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
526 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
527 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
529 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
532 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
534 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
536 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
537 references to ieee-float.c.
539 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
541 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
542 match what the code actually does.
544 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
546 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
548 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
550 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
553 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
555 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
556 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
557 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
558 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
560 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
562 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
565 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
567 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
568 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
569 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
570 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
572 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
574 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
575 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
577 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
579 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
582 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
584 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
585 arbitrary frame specficiations.
587 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
589 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
591 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
593 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
595 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
597 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
599 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
601 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
602 Differences node to Statics node.
603 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
605 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
608 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
610 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
611 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
614 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
616 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
618 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
619 ELF and SOM Transformations.
621 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
623 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
625 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
627 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
629 (Structures): Document static members.
631 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
633 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
635 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
637 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
639 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
641 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
643 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
645 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
647 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
648 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
649 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
650 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
652 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
653 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
654 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
655 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
657 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
659 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
661 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
663 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
664 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
666 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
668 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
669 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
670 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
671 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
674 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
675 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
677 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
678 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
679 languages is described in detail.
681 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
683 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
686 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
688 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
690 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
691 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
693 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
695 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
696 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
697 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
699 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
701 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
702 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
704 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
706 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
708 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
710 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
711 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
713 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
715 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
717 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
718 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
719 per a suggestion from kingdon.
721 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
724 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
726 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
727 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
729 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
731 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
733 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
735 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
736 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
738 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
740 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
742 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
744 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
746 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
748 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
749 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
750 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
752 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
753 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
755 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
757 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
758 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
759 signal command and the shell kill utility.
761 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
763 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
765 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
767 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
769 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
771 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
773 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
775 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
776 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
778 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
780 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
781 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
782 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
784 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
786 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
788 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
790 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
792 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
794 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
795 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
797 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
799 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
801 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
803 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
805 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
807 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
809 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
810 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
812 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
814 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
816 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
818 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
821 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
823 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
825 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
827 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
829 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
831 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
832 non-trivial words in section names.
834 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
836 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
838 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
840 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
842 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
843 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
844 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
845 Use @deffn to define stab types.
846 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
847 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
848 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
850 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
852 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
854 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
856 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
857 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
859 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
860 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
862 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
864 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
866 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
868 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
870 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
871 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
873 (Global Variables): Clean up.
875 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
877 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
879 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
881 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
882 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
883 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
884 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
886 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
888 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
890 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
892 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
893 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
895 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
897 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
899 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
900 paragraph which follows.
902 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
903 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
905 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
907 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
909 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
911 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
914 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
916 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
917 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
919 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
921 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
923 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
925 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
926 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
928 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
930 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
932 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
934 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
935 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
937 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
939 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
941 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
943 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
945 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
947 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
949 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
951 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
952 to select Modula-2 material.
954 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
956 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
958 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
959 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
961 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
963 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
965 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
967 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
969 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
971 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
972 removed from the code by Kingdon.
974 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
976 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
977 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
979 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
980 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
982 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
984 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
985 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
987 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
989 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
991 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
993 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
995 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
997 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
998 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
999 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
1000 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
1001 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
1003 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1004 in easily replaced spot
1006 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1008 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1010 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1012 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1014 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1016 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1018 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1019 politely rather than rudely.
1021 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1023 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1025 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1027 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1029 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1031 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1033 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1035 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1037 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1039 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1040 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1041 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1042 minor formatting improvements.
1044 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1045 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1048 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1050 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1052 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1054 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1055 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1056 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1058 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1059 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1061 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1063 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1065 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1067 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1069 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1071 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1072 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1073 command and suggest other solutions.
1075 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1077 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1078 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1080 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1082 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1084 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1085 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1087 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1089 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1091 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1093 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1096 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1097 the trailing semicolon.
1099 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1101 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1102 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1103 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1105 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1106 at the end of a range type.
1108 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1111 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1113 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1115 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1117 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1118 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1119 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1121 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1123 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1124 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1125 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1126 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1128 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1130 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1131 directly under the main menu.
1133 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1134 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1135 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1136 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1137 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1138 worrying more about those languages.
1140 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1141 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1143 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1145 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1146 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1148 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1150 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1152 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1154 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1157 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1159 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1161 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1162 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1164 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1166 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1167 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1169 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1171 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1173 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1174 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1176 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1177 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1178 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1179 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1181 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1183 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1186 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1188 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1190 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1191 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1192 (Getting Started): New node.
1194 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1196 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1198 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1200 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1201 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1203 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1205 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1207 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1209 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1211 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1213 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1215 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1217 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1218 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1219 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1221 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1223 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1225 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1227 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1229 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1231 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1232 Add info about internal type data structures.
1234 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1236 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1238 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1240 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1242 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1244 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1246 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1248 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1249 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1251 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1254 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1255 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1258 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1259 configuration for GDB user manual.
1261 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1263 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1264 stored as gdb-config.texi
1266 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1268 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1270 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1272 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1274 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1276 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1278 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1280 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1282 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1284 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1286 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1288 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1290 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1292 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1294 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1296 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1298 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1300 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1302 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1304 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1305 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1307 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1309 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1311 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1313 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1315 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1317 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1318 from an email msg by Stu.
1320 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1322 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1323 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1324 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1326 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1328 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1330 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1333 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1335 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1338 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1340 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1342 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1344 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1346 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1349 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1351 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1354 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1356 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1358 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1360 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1362 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1364 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1366 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1368 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1369 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1371 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1373 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1375 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1377 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1379 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1381 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1383 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1385 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1387 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1389 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1390 These will be reinserted when examined.
1392 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1394 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1395 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1396 host-specific and target-specific.
1398 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1400 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1401 examples (not consistent w others).
1402 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1403 for generic vn of doc
1405 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1407 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1409 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1411 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1413 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1415 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1416 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1417 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1419 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1421 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1423 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1424 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1426 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1428 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1429 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1431 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1433 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1434 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1436 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1438 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1440 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1442 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1443 rstack_high_address'.
1445 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1447 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1448 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1451 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1453 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1455 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1457 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1459 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1461 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1463 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1465 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1466 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1467 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1468 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1470 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1472 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1474 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1476 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1479 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1481 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1482 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1483 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1485 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1487 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1489 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1491 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1493 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1495 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1496 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1497 standards.text support.
1499 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1501 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1502 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1503 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1510 version-control: never