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1Fri Jun 25 11:47:06 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
2
3 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): ``v'' is in use. Fix
4 numerous formatting errors. Clarify ``i''. Mark ``i'', ``Z'',
5 ``z'' and ``qRcmd'' as draft instead of reserved. Identify
6 packets that are not supported on all hosts. Expand examples.
7 Spell check.
8
91999-06-24 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
10
11 * Makefile.in: Recognize html, install-html. Add targets
12 to build HTML versions of documentation via texi2html.
13
14Thu Jun 24 15:59:03 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
15
16 * gdbint.texinfo (Testsuite): New chapter, information about the
17 testsuite.
18
19Fri Jun 25 02:40:34 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
20
21 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): Rewrite.
22
23Thu Jun 24 16:59:54 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
24
25 * stabs.texinfo: Fix uses of xref.
26
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27Thu Jun 17 17:23:25 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
28
29 * gdbint.texinfo: Add an anti-printf exhortation, and update the
30 info about patch submission.
31
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32Mon Jun 7 15:49:40 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
33
34 From Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>:
35 * gdb.texinfo: Document Chill support.
36
37Fri Jun 4 16:58:22 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
38
39 * gdbint.texinfo (SP_REGNUM, FP_REGNUM, PC_REGNUM): Add reference
40 to corresponding TARGET_READ_reg TARGET_WRITE_reg macros.
41 Document that the value should be greater-than or equal-to zero.
42 (NO_STD_REGS): Document. Deprecate.
43
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44Tue Jun 1 15:04:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
45
46 * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_COMPLEX_BIT, TARGET_DOUBLE_COMPLEX_BIT):
47 Document that these are not used.
48
49Thu May 27 09:28:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
50
51 * gdbint.texinfo (EXTRACT_STRUCT_VALUE_ADDRESS_P): Document.
52
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53Mon May 24 10:07:39 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
54
55 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_NUM_ARGS): Update definition. Parameter
56 numargs was dropped.
57
58Thu May 20 12:26:59 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
59
60 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAMELESS_FUNCTION_INVOCATION): Update.
61
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62Tue Apr 27 19:14:20 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
63
64 * gdbint.texinfo (SKIP_PROLOGUE, SKIP_PROLOGUE_FRAMELESS_P):
65 Update.
66
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67Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
68
69 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
70 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
71
72Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
73
74 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
75
76Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
77
78 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAMES, BREAKPOINT, BIG_BREAKPOINT,
79 LITTLE_BREAKPOINT, LITTLE_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT,
80 BIG_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT): Deprecate in favor of REGISTER_NAME and
81 BREAKPOINT_FROM_PC.
82
83Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
84
85 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
86 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
87
88Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
89
90 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
91 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
92
931999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
94
95 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
96 longer exists.
97
98Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
99
100 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi, all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove
101 nearly all @ifset/@ifclear conditionals; nobody uses them, and
102 they make the manual source incomprehensible.
103 * h8-cfg.texi: Remove, hasn't been used in years.
104
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105Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
106
107 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
108
109Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
110
111 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
112 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
113
114Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
115
116 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
117 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
118 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
119 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
120 commands.
121 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
122
123Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
124
125 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
126 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
127 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
128 specializations.
129
130Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
131
132 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
133 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
134 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
135
136Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
137
138 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
139 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
140 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
141 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
142 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
143 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
144 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
145
146 There are also a number of @node changes.
147
1481999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
149
150 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
151 (C Usage): Same.
152
153Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
154
155 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
156 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
157 made by HP.
158
159 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
160
161 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
162
163 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
164 removed info catch.
165
166Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
167
168 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
169 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
170
1711998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
172
173 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
174
175Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
176
177 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
178 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
179
180Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
181
182 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
183
1841998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
185
186 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
187
188Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
189
190 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
191
1921998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
193
194 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
195 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
196
197Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
198
199 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
200 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
201 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
202 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
203 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
204
205Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
206
207 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
208
209Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
210
211 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
212
213Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
214
215 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
216 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
217
218Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
219
220 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
221
222Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
223
224 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
225 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
226 obsolete and/or wrong material.
227
228Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
229
230 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
231
232Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
233
234 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
235
236Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
237
238 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
239 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
240
241Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
242
243 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
244
245Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
246
247 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
248
249Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
250
251 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
252 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
253 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
254
255Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
256
257 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
258 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
259 some more of them.
260
261Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
262
263 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
264 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
265
266Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
267
268 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
269 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
270
271Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
272
273 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
274 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
275
276Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
277
278 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
279 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
280
281Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
282
283 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
284 instead of in the Sun specific section.
285 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
286 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
287 for.
288 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
289 of a function.
290 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
291 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
292 elsewhere in the main document.
293 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
294 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
295
296Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
297
298 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
299
300Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
301
302 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
303 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
304 one arg.
305
306Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
307
308 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
309 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
310
311Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
312
313 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
314 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
315
316Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
317
318 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
319
320Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
321
322 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
323
324Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
325
326 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
327 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
328 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
329 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
330
331Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
332
333 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
334
335Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
336
337 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
338 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
339 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
340 * configure: New.
341
342Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
343
344 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
345 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
346 (ps): New target.
347 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
348 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
349 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
350 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
351 rules completely rewritten.
352 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
353 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
354 (gdb.ps): New target
355 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
356 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
357 extensions.
358 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
359 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
360 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
361
362Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
363
364 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
365 set.
366
367Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
368
369 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
370 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
371
372Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
373
374 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
375
376Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
377
378 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
379 `set/show print static-members' commands.
380
381Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
382
383 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
384 core-aout.c.
385
386Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
387
388 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
389 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
390
391Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
392
393 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
394 Fix typo.
395
396Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
397
398 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
399 "gdb.tar.Z".
400
401Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
402
403 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
404 realclean.
405
406Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
407
408 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
409
410Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
411
412 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
413 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
414 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
415
416Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
417
418 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
419 GDB changes.
420
421Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
422
423 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
424 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
425 sharedlibrary command.
426
427Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
428
429 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
430 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
431
432Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
433
434 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
435 for the sparc stub.
436
437Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
438
439 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
440 depending on the language and which do not.
441
442Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
443
444 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
445 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
446
447Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
448
449 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
450 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
451
452Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
453
454 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
455
456Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
457
458 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
459 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
460
461Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
462
463 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
464
465Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
466
467 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
468 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
469 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
470
471Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
472
473 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
474 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
475 what GDB did.
476
477Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
478
479 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
480 of a source file.
481
482Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
483
484 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
485
486Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
487
488 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
489
490
491Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
492
493 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
494 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
495
496Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
497
498 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
499 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
500
501Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
502
503 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
504
505Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
506
507 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
508 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
509
510Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
511
512 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
513 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
514 macros and remove some.
515
516Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
517
518 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
519 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
520
521Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
522
523 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
524 is the correct gdb command.
525
526Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
527
528 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
529 suggested but not yet implemented.
530
531Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
532
533 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
534 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
535
536Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
537
538 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
539 of stabs-in-coff sections.
540
541Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
542
543 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
544 Add index.
545 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
546 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
547
548 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
549 when waiting for your program to stop.
550
551Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
552
553 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
554 fields and record annotation.
555
556Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
557
558 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
559
560Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
561
562 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
563 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
564
565Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
566
567 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
568 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
569 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
570 an object file format.
571
572Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
573
574 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
575 convention.
576 (Arguments): Fix typo.
577
578Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
579
580 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
581 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
582
583Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
584
585 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
586 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
587 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
588
589Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
590
591 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
592 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
593 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
594
595 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
596 N_ENTRY node.
597
598 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
599
600Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
601
602 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
603 references to ieee-float.c.
604
605Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
606
607 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
608 match what the code actually does.
609
610Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
611
612 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
613
614Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
615
616 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
617 i, and b.
618
619Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
620
621 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
622 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
623 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
624 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
625
626Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
627
628 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
629 Ghostscript.
630
631Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
632
633 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
634 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
635 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
636 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
637
638Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
639
640 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
641 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
642
643Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
644
645 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
646 -16.
647
648Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
649
650 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
651 arbitrary frame specficiations.
652
653Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
654
655 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
656
657Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
658
659 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
660
661Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
662
663 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
664
665Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
666
667 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
668 Differences node to Statics node.
669 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
670
671 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
672 not clean.
673
674Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
675
676 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
677 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
678 `set print's.
679
680Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
681
682 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
683 numbers at once.
684 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
685 ELF and SOM Transformations.
686
687Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
688
689 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
690
691Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
692
693 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
694 within <>.
695 (Structures): Document static members.
696
697Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
698
699 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
700
701Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
702
703 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
704
705Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
706
707 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
708
709Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
710
711 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
712
713 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
714 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
715 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
716 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
717
718 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
719 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
720 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
721 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
722
723Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
724
725 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
726
727Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
728
729 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
730 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
731
732Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
733
734 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
735 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
736 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
737 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
738 designed).
739
740 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
741 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
742 doesn't work well.
743 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
744 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
745 languages is described in detail.
746
747Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
748
749 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
750 characters.
751
752 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
753
754Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
755
756 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
757 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
758
759Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
760
761 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
762 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
763 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
764
765Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
766
767 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
768 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
769
770Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
771
772 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
773
774 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
775
776 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
777 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
778
779Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
780
781 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
782
783 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
784 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
785 per a suggestion from kingdon.
786
787 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
788 premise.
789
790Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
791
792 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
793 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
794
795Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
796
797 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
798
799 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
800
801 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
802 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
803
804Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
805
806 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
807
808Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
809
810 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
811
812 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
813
814 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
815 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
816 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
817
818 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
819 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
820
821Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
822
823 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
824 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
825 signal command and the shell kill utility.
826
827Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
828
829 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
830
831Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
832
833 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
834
835Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
836
837 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
838
839Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
840
841 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
842 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
843
844Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
845
846 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
847 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
848 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
849
850Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
851
852 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
853
854Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
855
856 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
857
858Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
859
860 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
861 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
862
863Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
864
865 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
866
867Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
868
869 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
870
871Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
872
873 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
874
875 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
876 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
877
878Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
879
880 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
881
882Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
883
884 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
885 parameters on VAX.
886
887Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
888
889 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
890
891Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
892
893 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
894
895Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
896
897 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
898 non-trivial words in section names.
899
900Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
901
902 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
903
904 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
905
906Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
907
908 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
909 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
910 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
911 Use @deffn to define stab types.
912 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
913 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
914 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
915
916Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
917
918 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
919
920Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
921
922 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
923 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
924
925 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
926 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
927
928 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
929
930Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
931
932 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
933
934Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
935
936 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
937 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
938 no tabs, use @r).
939 (Global Variables): Clean up.
940
941Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
942
943 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
944
945Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
946
947 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
948 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
949 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
950 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
951
952Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
953
954 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
955
956Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
957
958 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
959 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
960
961Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
962
963 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
964
965 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
966 paragraph which follows.
967
968 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
969 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
970
971Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
972
973 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
974
975Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
976
977 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
978 retransmit-timeout
979
980Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
981
982 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
983 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
984
985Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
986
987 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
988
989 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
990
991 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
992 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
993
994 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
995
996 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
997
998Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
999
1000 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
1001 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
1002
1003Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1004
1005 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
1006
1007Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
1008
1009 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
1010
1011Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
1012
1013 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
1014
1015Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1016
1017 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
1018 to select Modula-2 material.
1019
1020Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1021
1022 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
1023
1024 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
1025 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
1026
1027Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1028
1029 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
1030
1031Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1032
1033 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
1034
1035Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1036
1037 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
1038 removed from the code by Kingdon.
1039
1040Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1041
1042 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
1043 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
1044
1045 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
1046 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
1047
1048Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1049
1050 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
1051 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
1052
1053Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1054
1055 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
1056
1057Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1058
1059 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
1060
1061Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1062
1063 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
1064 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
1065 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
1066 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
1067 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
1068
1069 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1070 in easily replaced spot
1071
1072 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1073
1074Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1075
1076 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1077
1078Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1079
1080 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1081
1082Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1083
1084 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1085 politely rather than rudely.
1086
1087Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1088
1089 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1090
1091Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1092
1093 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1094
1095Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1096
1097 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1098
1099Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1100
1101 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1102
1103Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1104
1105 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1106 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1107 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1108 minor formatting improvements.
1109
1110 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1111 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1112 new text.
1113
1114Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1115
1116 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1117
1118Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1119
1120 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1121 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1122 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1123
1124 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1125 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1126
1127Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1128
1129 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1130
1131Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1132
1133 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1134
1135Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1136
1137 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1138 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1139 command and suggest other solutions.
1140
1141Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1142
1143 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1144 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1145
1146Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1147
1148 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1149 NF_LDOUBLE means.
1150 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1151 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1152
1153Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1154
1155 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1156
1157Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1158
1159 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1160 information.
1161
1162 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1163 the trailing semicolon.
1164
1165Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1166
1167 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1168 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1169 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1170
1171 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1172 at the end of a range type.
1173
1174 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1175 AIX extensions.
1176
1177Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1178
1179 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1180
1181Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1182
1183 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1184 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1185 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1186
1187Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1188
1189 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1190 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1191 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1192 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1193
1194Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1195
1196 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1197 directly under the main menu.
1198
1199 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1200 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1201 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1202 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1203 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1204 worrying more about those languages.
1205
1206 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1207 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1208
1209Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1210
1211 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1212 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1213
1214Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1215
1216 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1217
1218Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1219
1220 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1221 target remote.
1222
1223 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1224
1225Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1226
1227 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1228 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1229
1230Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1231
1232 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1233 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1234
1235 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1236
1237 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1238
1239 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1240 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1241
1242 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1243 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1244 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1245 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1246
1247Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1248
1249 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1250 AIX documentation.
1251
1252 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1253
1254Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1255
1256 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1257 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1258 (Getting Started): New node.
1259
1260Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1261
1262 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1263
1264 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1265
1266 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1267 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1268
1269Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1270
1271 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1272
1273Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1274
1275 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1276
1277Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1278
1279 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1280
1281Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1282
1283 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1284 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1285 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1286
1287Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1288
1289 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1290
1291Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1292
1293 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1294
1295Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1296
1297 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1298 Add info about internal type data structures.
1299
1300Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1301
1302 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1303 $(srcdir).
1304 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1305
1306Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1307
1308 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1309
1310Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1311
1312 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1313
1314 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1315 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1316
1317 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1318 h8 config
1319
1320 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1321 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1322 menus).
1323
1324 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1325 configuration for GDB user manual.
1326
1327 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1328
1329 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1330 stored as gdb-config.texi
1331
1332Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1333
1334 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1335
1336Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1337
1338 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1339
1340Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1341
1342 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1343 host conditionals.
1344 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1345
1346Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1347
1348 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1349
1350 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1351
1352Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1353
1354 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1355
1356Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1357
1358 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1359
1360Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1361
1362 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1363
1364Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1365
1366 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1367
1368Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1369
1370 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1371 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1372
1373Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1374
1375 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1376
1377Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1378
1379 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1380
1381Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1382
1383 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1384 from an email msg by Stu.
1385
1386Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1387
1388 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1389 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1390 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1391
1392 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1393
1394Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1395
1396 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1397 object file format.
1398
1399Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1400
1401 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1402 intermediate file.
1403
1404Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1405
1406 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1407
1408Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1409
1410 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1411
1412 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1413 as well as Z8002.
1414
1415Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1416
1417 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1418 in changes.
1419
1420Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1421
1422 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1423
1424Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1425
1426 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1427
1428Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1429
1430 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1431
1432Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1433
1434 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1435 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1436
1437Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1438
1439 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1440
1441Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1442
1443 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1444
1445Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1446
1447 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1448
1449Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1450
1451 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1452
1453Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1454
1455 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1456 These will be reinserted when examined.
1457
1458Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1459
1460 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1461 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1462 host-specific and target-specific.
1463
1464Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1465
1466 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1467 examples (not consistent w others).
1468 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1469 for generic vn of doc
1470
1471Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1472
1473 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1474
1475Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1476
1477 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1478
1479Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1480
1481 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1482 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1483 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1484
1485 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1486
1487Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1488
1489 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1490 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1491
1492Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1493
1494 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1495 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1496
1497Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1498
1499 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1500 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1501
1502Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1503
1504 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1505
1506Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1507
1508 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1509 rstack_high_address'.
1510
1511Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1512
1513 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1514 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1515 H8/300 from DOS.
1516
1517Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1518
1519 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1520
1521Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1522
1523 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1524
1525Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1526
1527 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1528
1529Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1530
1531 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1532 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1533 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1534 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1535
1536Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1537
1538 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1539
1540Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1541
1542 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1543 temporary.
1544
1545Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1546
1547 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1548 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1549 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1550
1551Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1552
1553 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1554
1555Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1556
1557 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1558
1559Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1560
1561 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1562 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1563 standards.text support.
1564
1565Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1566
1567 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1568 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1569 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1570
1571\f
1572Local Variables:
1573mode: indented-text
1574left-margin: 8
1575fill-column: 74
1576version-control: never
1577End: