* stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / doc / ChangeLog
1 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
4 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
5
6 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
7
8 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
9 of stabs-in-coff sections.
10
11 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
12
13 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
14 Add index.
15 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
16 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
17
18 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
19 when waiting for your program to stop.
20
21 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
22
23 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
24 fields and record annotation.
25
26 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
27
28 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
29
30 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
31
32 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
33 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
34
35 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
36
37 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
38 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
39 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
40 an object file format.
41
42 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
43
44 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
45 convention.
46 (Arguments): Fix typo.
47
48 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
49
50 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
51 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
52
53 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
54
55 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
56 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
57 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
58
59 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
60
61 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
62 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
63 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
64
65 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
66 N_ENTRY node.
67
68 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
69
70 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
71
72 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
73 references to ieee-float.c.
74
75 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
76
77 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
78 match what the code actually does.
79
80 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
81
82 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
83
84 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
85
86 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
87 i, and b.
88
89 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
90
91 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
92 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
93 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
94 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
95
96 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
97
98 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
99 Ghostscript.
100
101 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
102
103 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
104 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
105 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
106 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
107
108 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
109
110 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
111 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
112
113 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
114
115 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
116 -16.
117
118 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
119
120 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
121 arbitrary frame specficiations.
122
123 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
124
125 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
126
127 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
128
129 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
130
131 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
132
133 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
134
135 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
136
137 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
138 Differences node to Statics node.
139 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
140
141 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
142 not clean.
143
144 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
145
146 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
147 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
148 `set print's.
149
150 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
151
152 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
153 numbers at once.
154 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
155 ELF and SOM Transformations.
156
157 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
158
159 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
160
161 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
162
163 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
164 within <>.
165 (Structures): Document static members.
166
167 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
168
169 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
170
171 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
172
173 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
174
175 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
176
177 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
178
179 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
180
181 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
182
183 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
184 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
185 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
186 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
187
188 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
189 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
190 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
191 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
192
193 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
194
195 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
196
197 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
198
199 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
200 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
201
202 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
203
204 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
205 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
206 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
207 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
208 designed).
209
210 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
211 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
212 doesn't work well.
213 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
214 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
215 languages is described in detail.
216
217 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
218
219 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
220 characters.
221
222 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
223
224 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
225
226 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
227 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
228
229 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
230
231 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
232 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
233 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
234
235 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
236
237 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
238 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
239
240 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
241
242 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
243
244 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
245
246 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
247 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
248
249 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
250
251 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
252
253 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
254 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
255 per a suggestion from kingdon.
256
257 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
258 premise.
259
260 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
261
262 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
263 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
264
265 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
266
267 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
268
269 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
270
271 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
272 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
273
274 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
275
276 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
277
278 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
279
280 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
281
282 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
283
284 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
285 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
286 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
287
288 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
289 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
290
291 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
292
293 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
294 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
295 signal command and the shell kill utility.
296
297 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
298
299 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
300
301 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
302
303 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
304
305 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
306
307 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
308
309 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
310
311 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
312 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
313
314 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
315
316 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
317 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
318 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
319
320 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
321
322 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
323
324 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
325
326 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
327
328 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
329
330 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
331 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
332
333 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
334
335 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
336
337 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
338
339 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
340
341 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
342
343 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
344
345 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
346 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
347
348 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
349
350 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
351
352 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
353
354 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
355 parameters on VAX.
356
357 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
358
359 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
360
361 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
362
363 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
364
365 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
366
367 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
368 non-trivial words in section names.
369
370 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
371
372 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
373
374 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
375
376 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
377
378 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
379 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
380 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
381 Use @deffn to define stab types.
382 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
383 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
384 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
385
386 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
387
388 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
389
390 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
391
392 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
393 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
394
395 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
396 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
397
398 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
399
400 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
401
402 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
403
404 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
405
406 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
407 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
408 no tabs, use @r).
409 (Global Variables): Clean up.
410
411 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
412
413 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
414
415 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
416
417 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
418 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
419 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
420 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
421
422 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
423
424 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
425
426 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
427
428 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
429 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
430
431 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
432
433 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
434
435 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
436 paragraph which follows.
437
438 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
439 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
440
441 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
442
443 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
444
445 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
446
447 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
448 retransmit-timeout
449
450 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
451
452 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
453 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
454
455 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
456
457 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
458
459 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
460
461 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
462 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
463
464 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
465
466 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
467
468 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
469
470 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
471 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
472
473 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
474
475 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
476
477 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
478
479 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
480
481 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
482
483 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
484
485 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
486
487 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
488 to select Modula-2 material.
489
490 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
491
492 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
493
494 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
495 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
496
497 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
498
499 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
500
501 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
502
503 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
504
505 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
506
507 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
508 removed from the code by Kingdon.
509
510 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
511
512 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
513 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
514
515 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
516 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
517
518 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
519
520 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
521 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
522
523 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
524
525 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
526
527 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
528
529 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
530
531 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
532
533 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
534 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
535 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
536 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
537 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
538
539 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
540 in easily replaced spot
541
542 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
543
544 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
545
546 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
547
548 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
549
550 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
551
552 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
553
554 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
555 politely rather than rudely.
556
557 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
558
559 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
560
561 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
562
563 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
564
565 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
566
567 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
568
569 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
570
571 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
572
573 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
574
575 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
576 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
577 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
578 minor formatting improvements.
579
580 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
581 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
582 new text.
583
584 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
585
586 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
587
588 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
589
590 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
591 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
592 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
593
594 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
595 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
596
597 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
598
599 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
600
601 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
602
603 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
604
605 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
606
607 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
608 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
609 command and suggest other solutions.
610
611 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
612
613 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
614 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
615
616 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
617
618 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
619 NF_LDOUBLE means.
620 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
621 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
622
623 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
624
625 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
626
627 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
628
629 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
630 information.
631
632 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
633 the trailing semicolon.
634
635 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
636
637 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
638 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
639 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
640
641 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
642 at the end of a range type.
643
644 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
645 AIX extensions.
646
647 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
648
649 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
650
651 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
652
653 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
654 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
655 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
656
657 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
658
659 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
660 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
661 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
662 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
663
664 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
665
666 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
667 directly under the main menu.
668
669 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
670 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
671 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
672 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
673 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
674 worrying more about those languages.
675
676 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
677 to omit the symbol descriptor.
678
679 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
680
681 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
682 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
683
684 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
685
686 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
687
688 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
689
690 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
691 target remote.
692
693 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
694
695 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
696
697 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
698 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
699
700 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
701
702 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
703 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
704
705 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
706
707 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
708
709 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
710 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
711
712 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
713 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
714 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
715 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
716
717 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
718
719 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
720 AIX documentation.
721
722 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
723
724 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
725
726 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
727 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
728 (Getting Started): New node.
729
730 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
731
732 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
733
734 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
735
736 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
737 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
738
739 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
740
741 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
742
743 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
744
745 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
746
747 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
748
749 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
750
751 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
752
753 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
754 (Parameters): Rewrite.
755 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
756
757 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
758
759 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
760
761 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
762
763 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
764
765 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
766
767 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
768 Add info about internal type data structures.
769
770 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
771
772 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
773 $(srcdir).
774 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
775
776 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
777
778 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
779
780 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
781
782 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
783
784 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
785 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
786
787 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
788 h8 config
789
790 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
791 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
792 menus).
793
794 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
795 configuration for GDB user manual.
796
797 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
798
799 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
800 stored as gdb-config.texi
801
802 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
803
804 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
805
806 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
807
808 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
809
810 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
811
812 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
813 host conditionals.
814 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
815
816 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
817
818 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
819
820 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
821
822 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
823
824 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
825
826 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
827
828 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
829
830 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
831
832 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
833
834 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
835
836 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
837
838 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
839
840 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
841 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
842
843 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
844
845 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
846
847 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
848
849 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
850
851 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
852
853 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
854 from an email msg by Stu.
855
856 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
857
858 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
859 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
860 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
861
862 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
863
864 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
865
866 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
867 object file format.
868
869 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
870
871 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
872 intermediate file.
873
874 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
875
876 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
877
878 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
879
880 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
881
882 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
883 as well as Z8002.
884
885 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
886
887 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
888 in changes.
889
890 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
891
892 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
893
894 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
895
896 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
897
898 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
899
900 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
901
902 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
903
904 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
905 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
906
907 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
908
909 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
910
911 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
912
913 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
914
915 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
916
917 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
918
919 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
920
921 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
922
923 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
924
925 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
926 These will be reinserted when examined.
927
928 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
929
930 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
931 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
932 host-specific and target-specific.
933
934 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
935
936 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
937 examples (not consistent w others).
938 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
939 for generic vn of doc
940
941 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
942
943 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
944
945 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
946
947 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
948
949 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
950
951 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
952 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
953 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
954
955 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
956
957 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
958
959 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
960 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
961
962 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
963
964 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
965 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
966
967 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
968
969 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
970 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
971
972 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
973
974 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
975
976 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
977
978 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
979 rstack_high_address'.
980
981 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
982
983 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
984 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
985 H8/300 from DOS.
986
987 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
988
989 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
990
991 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
992
993 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
994
995 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
996
997 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
998
999 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1000
1001 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1002 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1003 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1004 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1005
1006 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1007
1008 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1009
1010 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1011
1012 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1013 temporary.
1014
1015 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1016
1017 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1018 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1019 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1020
1021 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1022
1023 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1024
1025 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1026
1027 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1028
1029 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1030
1031 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1032 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1033 standards.text support.
1034
1035 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1036
1037 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1038 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1039 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1040
1041 \f
1042 Local Variables:
1043 mode: indented-text
1044 left-margin: 8
1045 fill-column: 74
1046 version-control: never
1047 End:
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