1 1999-08-20 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
3 * gdb.texinfo: Remove remaining "HPPA" conditionals, rewrite
4 surrounding text to fit HP-UX bits into general info.
5 (HPPA-cfg.texi): Remove, no longer useful.
7 * gdb.texinfo: Remove explicit links from @node lines, remove
8 HP-added "Detailed Node Listing" from main menu which confuses
11 From Dmitry Sivachenko <dima@Chg.RU>:
12 * gdb.texinfo: Use @value{GDBN} instead of plain GDB, fix grouping
13 in description of `set environment'.
15 1999-08-17 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
17 * gdbint.texinfo: Update coding standard to allow pure ANSI/ISO C.
19 1999-08-12 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com>
21 * gdbint.texinfo (Breakpoint Handling): Add missing words.
23 1999-08-10 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
25 * gdb.texinfo (Set Watchpoints): Explain some subtleties about
26 watch, awatch, and rwatch. Explain why the latter two cannot be
27 set as software watchpoints. Document that watchpoints for local
28 variables are deleted when the debuggee terminates.
30 Wed Aug 11 13:18:14 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@amy.cygnus.com>
32 * remote.texi (Protocol): Further clarification of the "qRcmd"
33 packet. Allow E.. response packet. "qRcmd" packet is no longer
36 1999-08-10 Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@kwikemart.cygnus.com>
38 * Makefile.in: Rename inc-hist.texi to inc-hist.texinfo.
41 1999-08-06 Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
43 * gdb.texinfo (KOD): New node.
45 Fri Aug 6 17:05:48 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
47 * remote.texi (Rcmd): Fix minor formatting typos.
49 Thu Aug 5 17:57:41 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
51 * remote.texi (protocol qRcmd): Allow ``OK'' and ``O...'' response
54 1999-07-14 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
56 * gdbint.texinfo (PREPARE_TO_PROCEED, ADDR_BITS_REMOVE): Doc
59 Tue Jun 29 11:43:55 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
61 * gdbint.texinfo (SAVE_DUMMY_FRAME_TOS): Define.
63 Fri Jun 25 11:47:06 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
65 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): ``v'' is in use. Fix
66 numerous formatting errors. Clarify ``i''. Mark ``i'', ``Z'',
67 ``z'' and ``qRcmd'' as draft instead of reserved. Identify
68 packets that are not supported on all hosts. Expand examples.
71 1999-06-24 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
73 * Makefile.in: Recognize html, install-html. Add targets
74 to build HTML versions of documentation via texi2html.
76 Thu Jun 24 15:59:03 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
78 * gdbint.texinfo (Testsuite): New chapter, information about the
81 Fri Jun 25 02:40:34 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
83 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): Rewrite.
85 Thu Jun 24 16:59:54 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
87 * stabs.texinfo: Fix uses of xref.
89 Thu Jun 17 17:23:25 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
91 * gdbint.texinfo: Add an anti-printf exhortation, and update the
92 info about patch submission.
94 Mon Jun 7 15:49:40 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
96 From Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>:
97 * gdb.texinfo: Document Chill support.
99 Fri Jun 4 16:58:22 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
101 * gdbint.texinfo (SP_REGNUM, FP_REGNUM, PC_REGNUM): Add reference
102 to corresponding TARGET_READ_reg TARGET_WRITE_reg macros.
103 Document that the value should be greater-than or equal-to zero.
104 (NO_STD_REGS): Document. Deprecate.
106 Tue Jun 1 15:04:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
108 * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_COMPLEX_BIT, TARGET_DOUBLE_COMPLEX_BIT):
109 Document that these are not used.
111 Thu May 27 09:28:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
113 * gdbint.texinfo (EXTRACT_STRUCT_VALUE_ADDRESS_P): Document.
115 Mon May 24 10:07:39 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
117 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_NUM_ARGS): Update definition. Parameter
120 Thu May 20 12:26:59 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
122 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAMELESS_FUNCTION_INVOCATION): Update.
124 Tue Apr 27 19:14:20 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
126 * gdbint.texinfo (SKIP_PROLOGUE, SKIP_PROLOGUE_FRAMELESS_P):
129 Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
131 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
132 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
134 Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
136 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
138 Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
140 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAMES, BREAKPOINT, BIG_BREAKPOINT,
141 LITTLE_BREAKPOINT, LITTLE_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT,
142 BIG_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT): Deprecate in favor of REGISTER_NAME and
145 Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
147 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
148 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
150 Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
152 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
153 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
155 1999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
157 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
160 Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
162 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi, all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove
163 nearly all @ifset/@ifclear conditionals; nobody uses them, and
164 they make the manual source incomprehensible.
165 * h8-cfg.texi: Remove, hasn't been used in years.
167 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
169 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
171 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
173 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
174 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
176 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
178 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
179 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
180 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
181 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
183 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
185 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
187 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
188 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
189 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
192 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
194 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
195 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
196 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
198 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
200 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
201 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
202 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
203 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
204 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
205 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
206 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
208 There are also a number of @node changes.
210 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
212 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
215 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
217 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
218 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
221 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
223 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
225 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
228 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
230 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
231 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
233 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
235 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
237 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
239 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
240 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
242 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
244 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
246 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
248 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
250 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
252 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
254 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
256 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
257 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
259 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
261 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
262 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
263 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
264 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
265 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
267 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
269 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
271 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
273 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
275 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
277 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
278 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
280 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
282 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
284 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
286 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
287 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
288 obsolete and/or wrong material.
290 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
292 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
294 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
296 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
298 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
300 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
301 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
303 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
305 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
307 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
309 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
311 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
313 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
314 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
315 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
317 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
319 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
320 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
323 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
325 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
326 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
328 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
330 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
331 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
333 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
335 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
336 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
338 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
340 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
341 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
343 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
345 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
346 instead of in the Sun specific section.
347 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
348 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
350 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
352 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
353 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
354 elsewhere in the main document.
355 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
356 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
358 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
360 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
362 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
364 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
365 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
368 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
370 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
371 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
373 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
375 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
376 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
378 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
380 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
382 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
384 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
386 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
388 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
389 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
390 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
391 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
393 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
395 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
397 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
399 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
400 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
401 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
404 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
406 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
407 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
409 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
410 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
411 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
412 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
413 rules completely rewritten.
414 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
415 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
417 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
418 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
420 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
421 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
422 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
424 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
426 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
429 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
431 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
432 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
434 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
436 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
438 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
440 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
441 `set/show print static-members' commands.
443 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
445 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
448 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
450 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
451 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
453 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
455 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
458 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
460 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
463 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
465 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
468 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
470 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
472 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
474 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
475 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
476 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
478 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
480 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
483 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
485 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
486 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
487 sharedlibrary command.
489 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
491 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
492 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
494 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
496 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
499 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
501 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
502 depending on the language and which do not.
504 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
506 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
507 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
509 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
511 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
512 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
514 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
516 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
518 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
520 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
521 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
523 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
525 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
527 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
529 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
530 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
531 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
533 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
535 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
536 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
539 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
541 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
544 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
546 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
548 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
550 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
553 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
555 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
556 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
558 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
560 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
561 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
563 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
565 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
567 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
569 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
570 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
572 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
574 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
575 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
576 macros and remove some.
578 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
580 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
581 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
583 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
585 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
586 is the correct gdb command.
588 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
590 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
591 suggested but not yet implemented.
593 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
595 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
596 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
598 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
600 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
601 of stabs-in-coff sections.
603 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
605 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
607 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
608 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
610 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
611 when waiting for your program to stop.
613 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
615 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
616 fields and record annotation.
618 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
620 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
622 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
624 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
625 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
627 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
629 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
630 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
631 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
632 an object file format.
634 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
636 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
638 (Arguments): Fix typo.
640 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
642 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
643 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
645 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
647 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
648 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
649 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
651 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
653 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
654 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
655 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
657 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
660 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
662 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
664 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
665 references to ieee-float.c.
667 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
669 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
670 match what the code actually does.
672 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
674 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
676 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
678 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
681 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
683 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
684 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
685 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
686 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
688 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
690 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
693 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
695 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
696 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
697 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
698 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
700 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
702 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
703 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
705 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
707 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
710 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
712 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
713 arbitrary frame specficiations.
715 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
717 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
719 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
721 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
723 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
725 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
727 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
729 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
730 Differences node to Statics node.
731 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
733 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
736 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
738 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
739 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
742 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
744 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
746 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
747 ELF and SOM Transformations.
749 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
751 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
753 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
755 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
757 (Structures): Document static members.
759 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
761 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
763 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
765 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
767 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
769 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
771 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
773 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
775 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
776 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
777 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
778 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
780 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
781 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
782 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
783 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
785 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
787 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
789 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
791 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
792 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
794 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
796 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
797 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
798 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
799 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
802 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
803 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
805 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
806 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
807 languages is described in detail.
809 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
811 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
814 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
816 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
818 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
819 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
821 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
823 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
824 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
825 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
827 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
829 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
830 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
832 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
834 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
836 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
838 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
839 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
841 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
843 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
845 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
846 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
847 per a suggestion from kingdon.
849 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
852 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
854 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
855 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
857 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
859 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
861 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
863 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
864 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
866 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
868 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
870 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
872 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
874 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
876 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
877 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
878 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
880 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
881 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
883 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
885 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
886 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
887 signal command and the shell kill utility.
889 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
891 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
893 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
895 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
897 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
899 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
901 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
903 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
904 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
906 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
908 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
909 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
910 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
912 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
914 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
916 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
918 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
920 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
922 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
923 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
925 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
927 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
929 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
931 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
933 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
935 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
937 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
938 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
940 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
942 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
944 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
946 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
949 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
951 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
953 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
955 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
957 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
959 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
960 non-trivial words in section names.
962 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
964 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
966 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
968 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
970 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
971 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
972 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
973 Use @deffn to define stab types.
974 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
975 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
976 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
978 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
980 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
982 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
984 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
985 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
987 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
988 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
990 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
992 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
994 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
996 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
998 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
999 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
1001 (Global Variables): Clean up.
1003 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1005 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
1007 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1009 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
1010 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
1011 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
1012 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
1014 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1016 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
1018 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
1020 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
1021 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
1023 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1025 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
1027 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
1028 paragraph which follows.
1030 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
1031 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
1033 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1035 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
1037 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1039 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
1042 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1044 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
1045 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
1047 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
1049 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
1051 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
1053 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
1054 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
1056 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
1058 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
1060 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1062 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
1063 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
1065 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1067 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
1069 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
1071 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
1073 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
1075 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
1077 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1079 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
1080 to select Modula-2 material.
1082 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1084 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
1086 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
1087 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
1089 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1091 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
1093 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1095 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
1097 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1099 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
1100 removed from the code by Kingdon.
1102 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1104 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
1105 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
1107 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
1108 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
1110 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1112 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
1113 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
1115 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1117 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
1119 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1121 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
1123 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1125 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
1126 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
1127 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
1128 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
1129 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
1131 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1132 in easily replaced spot
1134 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1136 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1138 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1140 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1142 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1144 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1146 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1147 politely rather than rudely.
1149 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1151 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1153 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1155 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1157 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1159 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1161 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1163 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1165 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1167 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1168 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1169 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1170 minor formatting improvements.
1172 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1173 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1176 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1178 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1180 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1182 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1183 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1184 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1186 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1187 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1189 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1191 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1193 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1195 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1197 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1199 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1200 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1201 command and suggest other solutions.
1203 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1205 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1206 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1208 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1210 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1212 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1213 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1215 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1217 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1219 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1221 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1224 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1225 the trailing semicolon.
1227 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1229 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1230 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1231 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1233 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1234 at the end of a range type.
1236 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1239 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1241 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1243 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1245 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1246 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1247 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1249 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1251 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1252 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1253 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1254 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1256 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1258 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1259 directly under the main menu.
1261 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1262 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1263 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1264 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1265 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1266 worrying more about those languages.
1268 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1269 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1271 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1273 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1274 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1276 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1278 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1280 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1282 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1285 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1287 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1289 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1290 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1292 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1294 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1295 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1297 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1299 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1301 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1302 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1304 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1305 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1306 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1307 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1309 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1311 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1314 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1316 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1318 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1319 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1320 (Getting Started): New node.
1322 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1324 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1326 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1328 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1329 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1331 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1333 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1335 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1337 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1339 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1341 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1343 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1345 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1346 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1347 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1349 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1351 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1353 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1355 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1357 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1359 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1360 Add info about internal type data structures.
1362 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1364 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1366 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1368 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1370 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1372 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1374 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1376 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1377 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1379 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1382 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1383 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1386 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1387 configuration for GDB user manual.
1389 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1391 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1392 stored as gdb-config.texi
1394 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1396 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1398 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1400 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1402 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1404 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1406 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1408 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1410 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1412 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1414 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1416 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1418 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1420 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1422 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1424 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1426 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1428 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1430 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1432 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1433 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1435 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1437 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1439 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1441 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1443 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1445 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1446 from an email msg by Stu.
1448 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1450 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1451 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1452 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1454 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1456 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1458 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1461 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1463 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1466 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1468 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1470 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1472 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1474 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1477 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1479 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1482 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1484 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1486 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1488 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1490 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1492 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1494 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1496 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1497 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1499 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1501 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1503 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1505 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1507 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1509 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1511 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1513 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1515 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1517 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1518 These will be reinserted when examined.
1520 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1522 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1523 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1524 host-specific and target-specific.
1526 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1528 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1529 examples (not consistent w others).
1530 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1531 for generic vn of doc
1533 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1535 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1537 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1539 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1541 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1543 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1544 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1545 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1547 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1549 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1551 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1552 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1554 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1556 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1557 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1559 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1561 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1562 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1564 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1566 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1568 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1570 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1571 rstack_high_address'.
1573 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1575 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1576 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1579 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1581 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1583 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1585 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1587 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1589 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1591 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1593 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1594 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1595 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1596 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1598 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1600 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1602 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1604 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1607 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1609 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1610 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1611 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1613 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1615 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1617 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1619 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1621 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1623 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1624 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1625 standards.text support.
1627 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1629 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1630 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1631 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1638 version-control: never