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1 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
2
3 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
4
5 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
6
7 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
8 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
9
10 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
11
12 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
13 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
14 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
15 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
16 commands.
17 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
18
19 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
20
21 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
22 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
23 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
24 specializations.
25
26 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
27
28 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
29 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
30 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
31
32 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
33
34 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
35 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
36 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
37 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
38 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
39 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
40 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
41
42 There are also a number of @node changes.
43
44 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
45
46 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
47 (C Usage): Same.
48
49 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
50
51 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
52 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
53 made by HP.
54
55 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
56
57 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
58
59 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
60 removed info catch.
61
62 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
63
64 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
65 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
66
67 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
68
69 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
70
71 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
72
73 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
74 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
75
76 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
77
78 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
79
80 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
81
82 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
83
84 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
85
86 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
87
88 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
89
90 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
91 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
92
93 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
94
95 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
96 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
97 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
98 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
99 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
100
101 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
102
103 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
104
105 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
106
107 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
108
109 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
110
111 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
112 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
113
114 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
115
116 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
117
118 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
119
120 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
121 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
122 obsolete and/or wrong material.
123
124 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
125
126 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
127
128 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
129
130 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
131
132 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
133
134 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
135 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
136
137 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
138
139 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
140
141 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
142
143 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
144
145 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
146
147 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
148 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
149 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
150
151 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
152
153 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
154 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
155 some more of them.
156
157 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
158
159 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
160 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
161
162 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
163
164 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
165 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
166
167 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
168
169 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
170 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
171
172 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
173
174 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
175 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
176
177 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
178
179 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
180 instead of in the Sun specific section.
181 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
182 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
183 for.
184 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
185 of a function.
186 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
187 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
188 elsewhere in the main document.
189 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
190 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
191
192 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
193
194 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
195
196 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
197
198 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
199 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
200 one arg.
201
202 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
203
204 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
205 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
206
207 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
208
209 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
210 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
211
212 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
213
214 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
215
216 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
217
218 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
219
220 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
221
222 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
223 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
224 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
225 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
226
227 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
228
229 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
230
231 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
232
233 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
234 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
235 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
236 * configure: New.
237
238 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
239
240 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
241 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
242 (ps): New target.
243 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
244 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
245 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
246 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
247 rules completely rewritten.
248 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
249 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
250 (gdb.ps): New target
251 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
252 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
253 extensions.
254 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
255 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
256 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
257
258 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
259
260 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
261 set.
262
263 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
264
265 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
266 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
267
268 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
269
270 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
271
272 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
273
274 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
275 `set/show print static-members' commands.
276
277 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
278
279 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
280 core-aout.c.
281
282 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
283
284 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
285 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
286
287 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
288
289 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
290 Fix typo.
291
292 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
293
294 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
295 "gdb.tar.Z".
296
297 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
298
299 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
300 realclean.
301
302 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
303
304 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
305
306 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
307
308 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
309 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
310 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
311
312 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
313
314 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
315 GDB changes.
316
317 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
318
319 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
320 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
321 sharedlibrary command.
322
323 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
324
325 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
326 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
327
328 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
329
330 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
331 for the sparc stub.
332
333 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
334
335 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
336 depending on the language and which do not.
337
338 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
339
340 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
341 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
342
343 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
344
345 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
346 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
347
348 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
349
350 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
351
352 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
353
354 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
355 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
356
357 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
358
359 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
360
361 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
362
363 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
364 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
365 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
366
367 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
368
369 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
370 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
371 what GDB did.
372
373 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
374
375 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
376 of a source file.
377
378 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
379
380 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
381
382 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
383
384 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
385
386
387 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
388
389 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
390 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
391
392 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
393
394 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
395 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
396
397 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
398
399 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
400
401 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
402
403 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
404 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
405
406 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
407
408 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
409 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
410 macros and remove some.
411
412 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
413
414 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
415 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
416
417 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
418
419 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
420 is the correct gdb command.
421
422 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
423
424 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
425 suggested but not yet implemented.
426
427 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
428
429 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
430 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
431
432 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
433
434 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
435 of stabs-in-coff sections.
436
437 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
438
439 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
440 Add index.
441 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
442 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
443
444 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
445 when waiting for your program to stop.
446
447 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
448
449 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
450 fields and record annotation.
451
452 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
453
454 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
455
456 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
457
458 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
459 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
460
461 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
462
463 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
464 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
465 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
466 an object file format.
467
468 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
469
470 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
471 convention.
472 (Arguments): Fix typo.
473
474 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
475
476 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
477 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
478
479 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
480
481 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
482 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
483 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
484
485 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
486
487 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
488 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
489 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
490
491 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
492 N_ENTRY node.
493
494 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
495
496 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
497
498 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
499 references to ieee-float.c.
500
501 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
502
503 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
504 match what the code actually does.
505
506 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
507
508 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
509
510 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
511
512 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
513 i, and b.
514
515 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
516
517 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
518 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
519 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
520 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
521
522 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
523
524 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
525 Ghostscript.
526
527 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
528
529 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
530 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
531 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
532 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
533
534 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
535
536 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
537 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
538
539 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
540
541 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
542 -16.
543
544 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
545
546 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
547 arbitrary frame specficiations.
548
549 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
550
551 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
552
553 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
554
555 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
556
557 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
558
559 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
560
561 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
562
563 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
564 Differences node to Statics node.
565 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
566
567 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
568 not clean.
569
570 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
571
572 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
573 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
574 `set print's.
575
576 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
577
578 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
579 numbers at once.
580 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
581 ELF and SOM Transformations.
582
583 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
584
585 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
586
587 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
588
589 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
590 within <>.
591 (Structures): Document static members.
592
593 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
594
595 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
596
597 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
598
599 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
600
601 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
602
603 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
604
605 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
606
607 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
608
609 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
610 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
611 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
612 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
613
614 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
615 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
616 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
617 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
618
619 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
620
621 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
622
623 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
624
625 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
626 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
627
628 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
629
630 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
631 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
632 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
633 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
634 designed).
635
636 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
637 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
638 doesn't work well.
639 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
640 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
641 languages is described in detail.
642
643 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
644
645 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
646 characters.
647
648 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
649
650 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
651
652 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
653 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
654
655 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
656
657 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
658 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
659 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
660
661 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
662
663 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
664 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
665
666 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
667
668 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
669
670 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
671
672 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
673 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
674
675 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
676
677 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
678
679 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
680 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
681 per a suggestion from kingdon.
682
683 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
684 premise.
685
686 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
687
688 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
689 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
690
691 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
692
693 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
694
695 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
696
697 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
698 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
699
700 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
701
702 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
703
704 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
705
706 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
707
708 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
709
710 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
711 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
712 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
713
714 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
715 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
716
717 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
718
719 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
720 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
721 signal command and the shell kill utility.
722
723 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
724
725 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
726
727 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
728
729 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
730
731 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
732
733 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
734
735 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
736
737 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
738 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
739
740 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
741
742 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
743 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
744 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
745
746 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
747
748 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
749
750 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
751
752 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
753
754 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
755
756 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
757 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
758
759 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
760
761 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
762
763 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
764
765 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
766
767 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
768
769 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
770
771 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
772 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
773
774 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
775
776 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
777
778 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
779
780 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
781 parameters on VAX.
782
783 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
784
785 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
786
787 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
788
789 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
790
791 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
792
793 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
794 non-trivial words in section names.
795
796 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
797
798 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
799
800 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
801
802 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
803
804 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
805 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
806 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
807 Use @deffn to define stab types.
808 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
809 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
810 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
811
812 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
813
814 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
815
816 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
817
818 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
819 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
820
821 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
822 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
823
824 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
825
826 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
827
828 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
829
830 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
831
832 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
833 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
834 no tabs, use @r).
835 (Global Variables): Clean up.
836
837 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
838
839 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
840
841 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
842
843 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
844 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
845 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
846 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
847
848 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
849
850 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
851
852 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
853
854 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
855 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
856
857 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
858
859 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
860
861 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
862 paragraph which follows.
863
864 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
865 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
866
867 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
868
869 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
870
871 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
872
873 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
874 retransmit-timeout
875
876 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
877
878 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
879 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
880
881 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
882
883 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
884
885 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
886
887 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
888 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
889
890 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
891
892 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
893
894 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
895
896 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
897 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
898
899 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
900
901 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
902
903 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
904
905 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
906
907 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
908
909 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
910
911 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
912
913 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
914 to select Modula-2 material.
915
916 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
917
918 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
919
920 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
921 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
922
923 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
924
925 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
926
927 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
928
929 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
930
931 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
932
933 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
934 removed from the code by Kingdon.
935
936 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
937
938 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
939 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
940
941 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
942 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
943
944 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
945
946 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
947 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
948
949 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
950
951 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
952
953 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
954
955 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
956
957 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
958
959 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
960 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
961 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
962 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
963 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
964
965 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
966 in easily replaced spot
967
968 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
969
970 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
971
972 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
973
974 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
975
976 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
977
978 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
979
980 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
981 politely rather than rudely.
982
983 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
984
985 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
986
987 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
988
989 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
990
991 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
992
993 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
994
995 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
996
997 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
998
999 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1000
1001 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1002 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1003 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1004 minor formatting improvements.
1005
1006 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1007 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1008 new text.
1009
1010 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1011
1012 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1013
1014 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1015
1016 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1017 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1018 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1019
1020 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1021 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1022
1023 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1024
1025 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1026
1027 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1028
1029 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1030
1031 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1032
1033 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1034 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1035 command and suggest other solutions.
1036
1037 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1038
1039 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1040 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1041
1042 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1043
1044 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1045 NF_LDOUBLE means.
1046 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1047 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1048
1049 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1050
1051 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1052
1053 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1054
1055 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1056 information.
1057
1058 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1059 the trailing semicolon.
1060
1061 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1062
1063 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1064 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1065 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1066
1067 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1068 at the end of a range type.
1069
1070 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1071 AIX extensions.
1072
1073 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1074
1075 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1076
1077 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1078
1079 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1080 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1081 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1082
1083 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1084
1085 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1086 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1087 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1088 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1089
1090 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1091
1092 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1093 directly under the main menu.
1094
1095 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1096 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1097 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1098 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1099 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1100 worrying more about those languages.
1101
1102 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1103 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1104
1105 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1106
1107 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1108 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1109
1110 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1111
1112 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1113
1114 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1115
1116 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1117 target remote.
1118
1119 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1120
1121 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1122
1123 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1124 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1125
1126 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1127
1128 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1129 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1130
1131 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1132
1133 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1134
1135 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1136 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1137
1138 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1139 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1140 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1141 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1142
1143 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1144
1145 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1146 AIX documentation.
1147
1148 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1149
1150 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1151
1152 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1153 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1154 (Getting Started): New node.
1155
1156 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1157
1158 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1159
1160 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1161
1162 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1163 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1164
1165 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1166
1167 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1168
1169 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1170
1171 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1172
1173 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1174
1175 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1176
1177 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1178
1179 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1180 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1181 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1182
1183 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1184
1185 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1186
1187 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1188
1189 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1190
1191 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1192
1193 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1194 Add info about internal type data structures.
1195
1196 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1197
1198 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1199 $(srcdir).
1200 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1201
1202 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1203
1204 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1205
1206 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1207
1208 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1209
1210 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1211 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1212
1213 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1214 h8 config
1215
1216 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1217 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1218 menus).
1219
1220 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1221 configuration for GDB user manual.
1222
1223 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1224
1225 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1226 stored as gdb-config.texi
1227
1228 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1229
1230 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1231
1232 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1233
1234 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1235
1236 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1237
1238 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1239 host conditionals.
1240 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1241
1242 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1243
1244 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1245
1246 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1247
1248 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1249
1250 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1251
1252 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1253
1254 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1255
1256 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1257
1258 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1259
1260 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1261
1262 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1263
1264 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1265
1266 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1267 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1268
1269 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1270
1271 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1272
1273 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1274
1275 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1276
1277 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1278
1279 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1280 from an email msg by Stu.
1281
1282 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1283
1284 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1285 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1286 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1287
1288 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1289
1290 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1291
1292 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1293 object file format.
1294
1295 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1296
1297 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1298 intermediate file.
1299
1300 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1301
1302 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1303
1304 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1305
1306 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1307
1308 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1309 as well as Z8002.
1310
1311 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1312
1313 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1314 in changes.
1315
1316 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1317
1318 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1319
1320 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1321
1322 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1323
1324 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1325
1326 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1327
1328 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1329
1330 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1331 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1332
1333 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1334
1335 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1336
1337 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1338
1339 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1340
1341 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1342
1343 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1344
1345 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1346
1347 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1348
1349 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1350
1351 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1352 These will be reinserted when examined.
1353
1354 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1355
1356 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1357 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1358 host-specific and target-specific.
1359
1360 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1361
1362 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1363 examples (not consistent w others).
1364 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1365 for generic vn of doc
1366
1367 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1368
1369 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1370
1371 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1372
1373 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1374
1375 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1376
1377 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1378 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1379 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1380
1381 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1382
1383 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1384
1385 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1386 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1387
1388 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1389
1390 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1391 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1392
1393 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1394
1395 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1396 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1397
1398 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1399
1400 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1401
1402 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1403
1404 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1405 rstack_high_address'.
1406
1407 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1408
1409 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1410 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1411 H8/300 from DOS.
1412
1413 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1414
1415 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1416
1417 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1418
1419 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1420
1421 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1422
1423 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1424
1425 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1426
1427 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1428 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1429 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1430 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1431
1432 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1433
1434 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1435
1436 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1437
1438 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1439 temporary.
1440
1441 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1442
1443 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1444 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1445 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1446
1447 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1448
1449 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1450
1451 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1452
1453 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1454
1455 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1456
1457 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1458 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1459 standards.text support.
1460
1461 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1462
1463 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1464 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1465 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1466
1467 \f
1468 Local Variables:
1469 mode: indented-text
1470 left-margin: 8
1471 fill-column: 74
1472 version-control: never
1473 End: