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1 Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
2
3 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
4 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
5
6 Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
7
8 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
9
10 Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
11
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
15 BREAKPOINT_FROM_PC.
16
17 Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
18
19 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
20 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
21
22 Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
23
24 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
25 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
26
27 1999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
28
29 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
30 longer exists.
31
32 Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
33
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.
38
39 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
40
41 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
42
43 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
44
45 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
46 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
47
48 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
49
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
54 commands.
55 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
56
57 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
58
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
62 specializations.
63
64 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
65
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.
69
70 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
71
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.
79
80 There are also a number of @node changes.
81
82 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
83
84 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
85 (C Usage): Same.
86
87 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
88
89 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
90 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
91 made by HP.
92
93 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
94
95 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
96
97 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
98 removed info catch.
99
100 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
101
102 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
103 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
104
105 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
106
107 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
108
109 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
110
111 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
112 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
113
114 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
115
116 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
117
118 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
119
120 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
121
122 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
123
124 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
125
126 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
127
128 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
129 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
130
131 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
132
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.
138
139 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
140
141 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
142
143 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
144
145 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
146
147 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
148
149 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
150 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
151
152 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
153
154 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
155
156 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
157
158 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
159 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
160 obsolete and/or wrong material.
161
162 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
163
164 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
165
166 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
167
168 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
169
170 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
171
172 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
173 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
174
175 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
176
177 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
178
179 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
180
181 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
182
183 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
184
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.
188
189 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
190
191 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
192 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
193 some more of them.
194
195 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
196
197 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
198 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
199
200 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
201
202 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
203 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
204
205 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
206
207 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
208 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
209
210 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
211
212 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
213 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
214
215 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
216
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
221 for.
222 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
223 of a function.
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.
229
230 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
231
232 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
233
234 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
235
236 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
237 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
238 one arg.
239
240 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
241
242 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
243 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
244
245 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
246
247 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
248 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
249
250 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
251
252 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
253
254 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
255
256 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
257
258 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
259
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.
264
265 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
266
267 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
268
269 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
270
271 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
272 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
273 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
274 * configure: New.
275
276 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
277
278 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
279 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
280 (ps): New target.
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.
288 (gdb.ps): New target
289 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
290 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
291 extensions.
292 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
293 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
294 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
295
296 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
297
298 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
299 set.
300
301 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
302
303 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
304 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
305
306 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
307
308 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
309
310 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
311
312 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
313 `set/show print static-members' commands.
314
315 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
316
317 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
318 core-aout.c.
319
320 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
321
322 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
323 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
324
325 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
326
327 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
328 Fix typo.
329
330 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
331
332 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
333 "gdb.tar.Z".
334
335 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
336
337 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
338 realclean.
339
340 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
341
342 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
343
344 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
345
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.
349
350 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
351
352 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
353 GDB changes.
354
355 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
356
357 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
358 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
359 sharedlibrary command.
360
361 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
362
363 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
364 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
365
366 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
367
368 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
369 for the sparc stub.
370
371 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
372
373 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
374 depending on the language and which do not.
375
376 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
377
378 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
379 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
380
381 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
382
383 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
384 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
385
386 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
387
388 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
389
390 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
391
392 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
393 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
394
395 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
396
397 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
398
399 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
400
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.
404
405 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
406
407 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
408 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
409 what GDB did.
410
411 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
412
413 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
414 of a source file.
415
416 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
417
418 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
419
420 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
421
422 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
423
424
425 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
426
427 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
428 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
429
430 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
431
432 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
433 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
434
435 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
436
437 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
438
439 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
440
441 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
442 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
443
444 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
445
446 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
447 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
448 macros and remove some.
449
450 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
451
452 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
453 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
454
455 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
456
457 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
458 is the correct gdb command.
459
460 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
461
462 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
463 suggested but not yet implemented.
464
465 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
466
467 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
468 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
469
470 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
471
472 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
473 of stabs-in-coff sections.
474
475 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
476
477 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
478 Add index.
479 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
480 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
481
482 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
483 when waiting for your program to stop.
484
485 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
486
487 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
488 fields and record annotation.
489
490 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
491
492 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
493
494 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
495
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.
498
499 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
500
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.
505
506 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
507
508 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
509 convention.
510 (Arguments): Fix typo.
511
512 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
513
514 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
515 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
516
517 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
518
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 #.
522
523 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
524
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.
528
529 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
530 N_ENTRY node.
531
532 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
533
534 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
535
536 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
537 references to ieee-float.c.
538
539 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
540
541 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
542 match what the code actually does.
543
544 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
545
546 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
547
548 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
549
550 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
551 i, and b.
552
553 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
554
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.
559
560 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
561
562 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
563 Ghostscript.
564
565 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
566
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".
571
572 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
573
574 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
575 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
576
577 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
578
579 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
580 -16.
581
582 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
583
584 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
585 arbitrary frame specficiations.
586
587 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
588
589 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
590
591 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
592
593 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
594
595 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
596
597 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
598
599 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
600
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.
604
605 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
606 not clean.
607
608 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
609
610 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
611 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
612 `set print's.
613
614 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
615
616 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
617 numbers at once.
618 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
619 ELF and SOM Transformations.
620
621 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
622
623 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
624
625 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
626
627 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
628 within <>.
629 (Structures): Document static members.
630
631 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
632
633 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
634
635 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
636
637 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
638
639 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
640
641 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
642
643 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
644
645 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
646
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
651
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.
656
657 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
658
659 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
660
661 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
662
663 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
664 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
665
666 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
667
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
672 designed).
673
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
676 doesn't work well.
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.
680
681 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
682
683 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
684 characters.
685
686 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
687
688 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
689
690 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
691 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
692
693 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
694
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.
698
699 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
700
701 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
702 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
703
704 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
705
706 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
707
708 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
709
710 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
711 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
712
713 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
714
715 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
716
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.
720
721 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
722 premise.
723
724 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
725
726 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
727 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
728
729 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
730
731 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
732
733 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
734
735 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
736 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
737
738 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
739
740 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
741
742 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
743
744 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
745
746 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
747
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.
751
752 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
753 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
754
755 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
756
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.
760
761 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
762
763 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
764
765 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
766
767 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
768
769 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
770
771 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
772
773 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
774
775 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
776 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
777
778 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
779
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.
783
784 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
785
786 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
787
788 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
789
790 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
791
792 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
793
794 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
795 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
796
797 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
798
799 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
800
801 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
802
803 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
804
805 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
806
807 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
808
809 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
810 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
811
812 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
813
814 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
815
816 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
817
818 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
819 parameters on VAX.
820
821 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
822
823 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
824
825 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
826
827 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
828
829 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
830
831 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
832 non-trivial words in section names.
833
834 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
835
836 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
837
838 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
839
840 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
841
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.
849
850 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
851
852 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
853
854 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
855
856 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
857 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
858
859 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
860 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
861
862 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
863
864 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
865
866 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
867
868 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
869
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,
872 no tabs, use @r).
873 (Global Variables): Clean up.
874
875 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
876
877 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
878
879 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
880
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.
885
886 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
887
888 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
889
890 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
891
892 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
893 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
894
895 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
896
897 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
898
899 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
900 paragraph which follows.
901
902 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
903 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
904
905 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
906
907 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
908
909 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
910
911 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
912 retransmit-timeout
913
914 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
915
916 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
917 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
918
919 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
920
921 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
922
923 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
924
925 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
926 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
927
928 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
929
930 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
931
932 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
933
934 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
935 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
936
937 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
938
939 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
940
941 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
942
943 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
944
945 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
946
947 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
948
949 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
950
951 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
952 to select Modula-2 material.
953
954 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
955
956 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
957
958 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
959 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
960
961 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
962
963 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
964
965 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
966
967 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
968
969 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
970
971 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
972 removed from the code by Kingdon.
973
974 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
975
976 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
977 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
978
979 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
980 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
981
982 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
983
984 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
985 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
986
987 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
988
989 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
990
991 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
992
993 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
994
995 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
996
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
1002
1003 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1004 in easily replaced spot
1005
1006 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1007
1008 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1009
1010 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1011
1012 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1013
1014 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1015
1016 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1017
1018 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1019 politely rather than rudely.
1020
1021 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1022
1023 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1024
1025 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1026
1027 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1028
1029 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1030
1031 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1032
1033 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1034
1035 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1036
1037 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1038
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.
1043
1044 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1045 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1046 new text.
1047
1048 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1049
1050 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1051
1052 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1053
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.
1057
1058 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1059 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1060
1061 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1062
1063 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1064
1065 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1066
1067 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1068
1069 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1070
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.
1074
1075 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1076
1077 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1078 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1079
1080 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1081
1082 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1083 NF_LDOUBLE means.
1084 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1085 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1086
1087 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1088
1089 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1090
1091 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1092
1093 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1094 information.
1095
1096 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1097 the trailing semicolon.
1098
1099 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1100
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.
1104
1105 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1106 at the end of a range type.
1107
1108 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1109 AIX extensions.
1110
1111 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1112
1113 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1114
1115 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1116
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.
1120
1121 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1122
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.
1127
1128 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1129
1130 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1131 directly under the main menu.
1132
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.
1139
1140 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1141 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1142
1143 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1144
1145 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1146 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1147
1148 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1149
1150 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1151
1152 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1153
1154 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1155 target remote.
1156
1157 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1158
1159 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1160
1161 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1162 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1163
1164 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1165
1166 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1167 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1168
1169 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1170
1171 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1172
1173 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1174 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1175
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.
1180
1181 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1182
1183 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1184 AIX documentation.
1185
1186 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1187
1188 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1189
1190 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1191 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1192 (Getting Started): New node.
1193
1194 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1195
1196 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1197
1198 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1199
1200 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1201 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1202
1203 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1204
1205 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1206
1207 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1208
1209 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1210
1211 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1212
1213 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1214
1215 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1216
1217 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1218 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1219 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1220
1221 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1222
1223 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1224
1225 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1226
1227 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1228
1229 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1230
1231 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1232 Add info about internal type data structures.
1233
1234 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1235
1236 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1237 $(srcdir).
1238 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1239
1240 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1241
1242 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1243
1244 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1245
1246 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1247
1248 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1249 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1250
1251 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1252 h8 config
1253
1254 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1255 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1256 menus).
1257
1258 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1259 configuration for GDB user manual.
1260
1261 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1262
1263 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1264 stored as gdb-config.texi
1265
1266 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1267
1268 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1269
1270 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1271
1272 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1273
1274 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1275
1276 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1277 host conditionals.
1278 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1279
1280 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1281
1282 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1283
1284 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1285
1286 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1287
1288 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1289
1290 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1291
1292 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1293
1294 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1295
1296 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1297
1298 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1299
1300 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1301
1302 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1303
1304 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1305 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1306
1307 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1308
1309 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1310
1311 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1312
1313 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1314
1315 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1316
1317 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1318 from an email msg by Stu.
1319
1320 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1321
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>.
1325
1326 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1327
1328 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1329
1330 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1331 object file format.
1332
1333 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1334
1335 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1336 intermediate file.
1337
1338 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1339
1340 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1341
1342 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1343
1344 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1345
1346 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1347 as well as Z8002.
1348
1349 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1350
1351 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1352 in changes.
1353
1354 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1355
1356 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1357
1358 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1359
1360 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1361
1362 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1363
1364 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1365
1366 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1367
1368 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1369 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1370
1371 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1372
1373 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1374
1375 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1376
1377 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1378
1379 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1380
1381 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1382
1383 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1384
1385 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1386
1387 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1388
1389 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1390 These will be reinserted when examined.
1391
1392 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1393
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.
1397
1398 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1399
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
1404
1405 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1406
1407 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1408
1409 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1410
1411 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1412
1413 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1414
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.
1418
1419 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1420
1421 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1422
1423 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1424 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1425
1426 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1427
1428 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1429 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1430
1431 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1432
1433 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1434 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1435
1436 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1437
1438 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1439
1440 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1441
1442 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1443 rstack_high_address'.
1444
1445 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1446
1447 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1448 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1449 H8/300 from DOS.
1450
1451 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1452
1453 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1454
1455 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1456
1457 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1458
1459 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1460
1461 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1462
1463 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1464
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.
1469
1470 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1471
1472 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1473
1474 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1475
1476 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1477 temporary.
1478
1479 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1480
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.
1484
1485 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1486
1487 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1488
1489 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1490
1491 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1492
1493 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1494
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.
1498
1499 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1500
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.
1504
1505 \f
1506 Local Variables:
1507 mode: indented-text
1508 left-margin: 8
1509 fill-column: 74
1510 version-control: never
1511 End: