1 Mon Jun 7 15:49:40 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
3 From Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>:
4 * gdb.texinfo: Document Chill support.
6 Fri Jun 4 16:58:22 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
8 * gdbint.texinfo (SP_REGNUM, FP_REGNUM, PC_REGNUM): Add reference
9 to corresponding TARGET_READ_reg TARGET_WRITE_reg macros.
10 Document that the value should be greater-than or equal-to zero.
11 (NO_STD_REGS): Document. Deprecate.
13 Tue Jun 1 15:04:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
15 * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_COMPLEX_BIT, TARGET_DOUBLE_COMPLEX_BIT):
16 Document that these are not used.
18 Thu May 27 09:28:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
20 * gdbint.texinfo (EXTRACT_STRUCT_VALUE_ADDRESS_P): Document.
22 Mon May 24 10:07:39 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
24 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_NUM_ARGS): Update definition. Parameter
27 Thu May 20 12:26:59 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
29 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAMELESS_FUNCTION_INVOCATION): Update.
31 Tue Apr 27 19:14:20 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
33 * gdbint.texinfo (SKIP_PROLOGUE, SKIP_PROLOGUE_FRAMELESS_P):
36 Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
38 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
39 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
41 Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
43 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
45 Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
47 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAMES, BREAKPOINT, BIG_BREAKPOINT,
48 LITTLE_BREAKPOINT, LITTLE_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT,
49 BIG_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT): Deprecate in favor of REGISTER_NAME and
52 Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
54 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
55 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
57 Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
59 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
60 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
62 1999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
64 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
67 Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
69 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi, all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove
70 nearly all @ifset/@ifclear conditionals; nobody uses them, and
71 they make the manual source incomprehensible.
72 * h8-cfg.texi: Remove, hasn't been used in years.
74 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
76 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
78 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
80 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
81 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
83 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
85 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
86 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
87 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
88 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
90 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
92 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
94 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
95 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
96 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
99 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
101 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
102 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
103 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
105 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
107 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
108 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
109 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
110 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
111 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
112 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
113 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
115 There are also a number of @node changes.
117 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
119 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
122 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
124 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
125 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
128 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
130 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
132 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
135 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
137 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
138 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
140 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
142 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
144 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
146 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
147 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
149 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
151 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
153 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
155 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
157 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
159 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
161 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
163 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
164 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
166 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
168 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
169 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
170 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
171 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
172 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
174 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
176 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
178 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
180 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
182 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
184 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
185 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
187 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
189 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
191 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
193 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
194 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
195 obsolete and/or wrong material.
197 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
199 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
201 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
203 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
205 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
207 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
208 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
210 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
212 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
214 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
216 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
218 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
220 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
221 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
222 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
224 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
226 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
227 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
230 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
232 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
233 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
235 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
237 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
238 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
240 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
242 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
243 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
245 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
247 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
248 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
250 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
252 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
253 instead of in the Sun specific section.
254 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
255 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
257 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
259 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
260 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
261 elsewhere in the main document.
262 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
263 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
265 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
267 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
269 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
271 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
272 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
275 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
277 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
278 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
280 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
282 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
283 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
285 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
287 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
289 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
291 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
293 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
295 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
296 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
297 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
298 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
300 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
302 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
304 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
306 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
307 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
308 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
311 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
313 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
314 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
316 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
317 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
318 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
319 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
320 rules completely rewritten.
321 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
322 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
324 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
325 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
327 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
328 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
329 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
331 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
333 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
336 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
338 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
339 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
341 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
343 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
345 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
347 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
348 `set/show print static-members' commands.
350 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
352 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
355 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
357 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
358 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
360 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
362 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
365 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
367 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
370 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
372 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
375 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
377 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
379 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
381 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
382 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
383 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
385 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
387 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
390 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
392 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
393 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
394 sharedlibrary command.
396 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
398 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
399 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
401 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
403 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
406 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
408 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
409 depending on the language and which do not.
411 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
413 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
414 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
416 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
418 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
419 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
421 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
423 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
425 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
427 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
428 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
430 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
432 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
434 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
436 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
437 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
438 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
440 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
442 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
443 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
446 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
448 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
451 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
453 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
455 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
457 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
460 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
462 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
463 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
465 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
467 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
468 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
470 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
472 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
474 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
476 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
477 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
479 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
481 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
482 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
483 macros and remove some.
485 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
487 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
488 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
490 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
492 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
493 is the correct gdb command.
495 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
497 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
498 suggested but not yet implemented.
500 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
502 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
503 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
505 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
507 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
508 of stabs-in-coff sections.
510 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
512 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
514 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
515 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
517 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
518 when waiting for your program to stop.
520 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
522 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
523 fields and record annotation.
525 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
527 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
529 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
531 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
532 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
534 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
536 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
537 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
538 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
539 an object file format.
541 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
543 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
545 (Arguments): Fix typo.
547 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
549 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
550 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
552 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
554 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
555 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
556 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
558 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
560 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
561 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
562 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
564 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
567 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
569 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
571 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
572 references to ieee-float.c.
574 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
576 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
577 match what the code actually does.
579 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
581 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
583 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
585 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
588 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
590 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
591 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
592 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
593 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
595 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
597 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
600 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
602 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
603 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
604 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
605 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
607 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
609 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
610 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
612 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
614 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
617 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
619 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
620 arbitrary frame specficiations.
622 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
624 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
626 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
628 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
630 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
632 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
634 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
636 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
637 Differences node to Statics node.
638 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
640 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
643 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
645 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
646 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
649 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
651 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
653 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
654 ELF and SOM Transformations.
656 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
658 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
660 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
662 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
664 (Structures): Document static members.
666 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
668 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
670 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
672 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
674 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
676 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
678 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
680 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
682 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
683 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
684 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
685 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
687 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
688 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
689 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
690 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
692 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
694 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
696 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
698 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
699 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
701 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
703 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
704 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
705 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
706 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
709 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
710 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
712 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
713 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
714 languages is described in detail.
716 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
718 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
721 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
723 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
725 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
726 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
728 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
730 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
731 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
732 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
734 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
736 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
737 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
739 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
741 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
743 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
745 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
746 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
748 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
750 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
752 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
753 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
754 per a suggestion from kingdon.
756 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
759 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
761 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
762 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
764 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
766 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
768 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
770 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
771 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
773 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
775 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
777 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
779 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
781 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
783 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
784 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
785 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
787 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
788 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
790 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
792 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
793 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
794 signal command and the shell kill utility.
796 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
798 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
800 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
802 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
804 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
806 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
808 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
810 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
811 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
813 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
815 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
816 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
817 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
819 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
821 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
823 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
825 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
827 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
829 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
830 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
832 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
834 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
836 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
838 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
840 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
842 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
844 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
845 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
847 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
849 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
851 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
853 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
856 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
858 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
860 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
862 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
864 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
866 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
867 non-trivial words in section names.
869 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
871 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
873 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
875 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
877 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
878 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
879 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
880 Use @deffn to define stab types.
881 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
882 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
883 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
885 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
887 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
889 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
891 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
892 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
894 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
895 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
897 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
899 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
901 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
903 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
905 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
906 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
908 (Global Variables): Clean up.
910 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
912 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
914 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
916 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
917 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
918 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
919 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
921 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
923 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
925 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
927 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
928 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
930 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
932 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
934 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
935 paragraph which follows.
937 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
938 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
940 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
942 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
944 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
946 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
949 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
951 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
952 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
954 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
956 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
958 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
960 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
961 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
963 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
965 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
967 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
969 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
970 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
972 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
974 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
976 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
978 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
980 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
982 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
984 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
986 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
987 to select Modula-2 material.
989 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
991 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
993 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
994 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
996 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
998 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
1000 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1002 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
1004 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1006 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
1007 removed from the code by Kingdon.
1009 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1011 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
1012 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
1014 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
1015 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
1017 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1019 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
1020 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
1022 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1024 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
1026 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1028 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
1030 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1032 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
1033 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
1034 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
1035 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
1036 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
1038 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1039 in easily replaced spot
1041 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1043 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1045 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1047 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1049 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1051 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1053 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1054 politely rather than rudely.
1056 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1058 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1060 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1062 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1064 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1066 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1068 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1070 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1072 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1074 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1075 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1076 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1077 minor formatting improvements.
1079 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1080 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1083 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1085 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1087 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1089 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1090 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1091 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1093 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1094 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1096 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1098 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1100 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1102 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1104 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1106 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1107 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1108 command and suggest other solutions.
1110 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1112 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1113 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1115 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1117 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1119 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1120 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1122 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1124 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1126 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1128 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1131 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1132 the trailing semicolon.
1134 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1136 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1137 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1138 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1140 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1141 at the end of a range type.
1143 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1146 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1148 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1150 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1152 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1153 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1154 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1156 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1158 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1159 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1160 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1161 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1163 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1165 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1166 directly under the main menu.
1168 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1169 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1170 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1171 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1172 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1173 worrying more about those languages.
1175 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1176 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1178 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1180 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1181 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1183 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1185 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1187 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1189 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1192 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1194 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1196 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1197 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1199 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1201 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1202 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1204 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1206 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1208 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1209 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1211 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1212 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1213 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1214 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1216 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1218 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1221 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1223 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1225 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1226 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1227 (Getting Started): New node.
1229 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1231 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1233 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1235 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1236 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1238 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1240 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1242 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1244 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1246 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1248 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1250 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1252 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1253 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1254 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1256 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1258 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1260 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1262 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1264 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1266 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1267 Add info about internal type data structures.
1269 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1271 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1273 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1275 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1277 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1279 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1281 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1283 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1284 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1286 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1289 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1290 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1293 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1294 configuration for GDB user manual.
1296 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1298 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1299 stored as gdb-config.texi
1301 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1303 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1305 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1307 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1309 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1311 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1313 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1315 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1317 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1319 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1321 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1323 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1325 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1327 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1329 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1331 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1333 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1335 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1337 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1339 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1340 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1342 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1344 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1346 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1348 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1350 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1352 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1353 from an email msg by Stu.
1355 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1357 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1358 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1359 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1361 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1363 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1365 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1368 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1370 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1373 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1375 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1377 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1379 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1381 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1384 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1386 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1389 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1391 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1393 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1395 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1397 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1399 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1401 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1403 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1404 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1406 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1408 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1410 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1412 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1414 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1416 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1418 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1420 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1422 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1424 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1425 These will be reinserted when examined.
1427 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1429 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1430 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1431 host-specific and target-specific.
1433 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1435 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1436 examples (not consistent w others).
1437 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1438 for generic vn of doc
1440 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1442 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1444 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1446 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1448 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1450 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1451 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1452 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1454 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1456 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1458 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1459 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1461 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1463 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1464 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1466 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1468 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1469 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1471 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1473 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1475 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1477 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1478 rstack_high_address'.
1480 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1482 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1483 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1486 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1488 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1490 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1492 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1494 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1496 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1498 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1500 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1501 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1502 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1503 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1505 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1507 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1509 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1511 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1514 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1516 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1517 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1518 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1520 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1522 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1524 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1526 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1528 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1530 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1531 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1532 standards.text support.
1534 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1536 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1537 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1538 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1545 version-control: never