1 1999-09-07 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
3 * gdb.texinfo: Fiks speling errers.
5 * gdb.texinfo: Fix uses of @multitable.
7 From Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>:
8 * gdb.texinfo: Include details specific to DOS host, clarify
9 some confusing language, fix @ref/@xref/@pxref usages, add
10 comments about using with optimization, add more indexing,
11 fix info about disassembly-flavor.
13 Tue Sep 7 09:11:24 1999 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@cygnus.com>
15 * gdbint.texinfo (IN_SOLIB_DYNSYM_RESOLVE_CODE,
16 SKIP_SOLIB_RESOLVER): Define.
18 Fri Sep 3 18:05:14 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
20 * gdb.texinfo (Protocol): Review. Add tables describing ``q'' and
23 1999-08-30 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
25 * gdb.texinfo: Create a new "Configurations" chapter with
26 platform-specific info, inline remote.texi and move sections of it
27 into the new chapter, move bits about info proc, heuristic search,
28 and register stack into the new chapter.
29 * remote.texi: Remove, now part of gdb.texinfo.
30 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): Remove ref to remote.texi.
32 1999-08-27 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
34 * gdbint.texinfo (GDB_TARGET_IS_SUN3, GDB_TARGET_IS_SUN386,
35 GDB_TARGET_IS_MACH386): These kludges have gone away.
37 Wed Aug 25 10:47:03 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
39 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Mention
42 1999-08-20 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
44 * gdb.texinfo: Remove remaining "HPPA" conditionals, rewrite
45 surrounding text to fit HP-UX bits into general info.
46 (HPPA-cfg.texi): Remove, no longer useful.
48 * gdb.texinfo: Remove explicit links from @node lines, remove
49 HP-added "Detailed Node Listing" from main menu which confuses
52 From Dmitry Sivachenko <dima@Chg.RU>:
53 * gdb.texinfo: Use @value{GDBN} instead of plain GDB, fix grouping
54 in description of `set environment'.
56 1999-08-17 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
58 * gdbint.texinfo: Update coding standard to allow pure ANSI/ISO C.
60 1999-08-12 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com>
62 * gdbint.texinfo (Breakpoint Handling): Add missing words.
64 1999-08-10 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
66 * gdb.texinfo (Set Watchpoints): Explain some subtleties about
67 watch, awatch, and rwatch. Explain why the latter two cannot be
68 set as software watchpoints. Document that watchpoints for local
69 variables are deleted when the debuggee terminates.
71 Wed Aug 11 13:18:14 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@amy.cygnus.com>
73 * remote.texi (Protocol): Further clarification of the "qRcmd"
74 packet. Allow E.. response packet. "qRcmd" packet is no longer
77 1999-08-10 Elena Zannoni <ezannoni@kwikemart.cygnus.com>
79 * Makefile.in: Rename inc-hist.texi to inc-hist.texinfo.
82 1999-08-06 Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
84 * gdb.texinfo (KOD): New node.
86 Fri Aug 6 17:05:48 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
88 * remote.texi (Rcmd): Fix minor formatting typos.
90 Thu Aug 5 17:57:41 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
92 * remote.texi (protocol qRcmd): Allow ``OK'' and ``O...'' response
95 1999-07-14 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
97 * gdbint.texinfo (PREPARE_TO_PROCEED, ADDR_BITS_REMOVE): Doc
100 Tue Jun 29 11:43:55 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
102 * gdbint.texinfo (SAVE_DUMMY_FRAME_TOS): Define.
104 Fri Jun 25 11:47:06 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
106 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): ``v'' is in use. Fix
107 numerous formatting errors. Clarify ``i''. Mark ``i'', ``Z'',
108 ``z'' and ``qRcmd'' as draft instead of reserved. Identify
109 packets that are not supported on all hosts. Expand examples.
112 1999-06-24 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
114 * Makefile.in: Recognize html, install-html. Add targets
115 to build HTML versions of documentation via texi2html.
117 Thu Jun 24 15:59:03 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
119 * gdbint.texinfo (Testsuite): New chapter, information about the
122 Fri Jun 25 02:40:34 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
124 * remote.texi (Communication Protocol): Rewrite.
126 Thu Jun 24 16:59:54 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
128 * stabs.texinfo: Fix uses of xref.
130 Thu Jun 17 17:23:25 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
132 * gdbint.texinfo: Add an anti-printf exhortation, and update the
133 info about patch submission.
135 Mon Jun 7 15:49:40 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
137 From Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>:
138 * gdb.texinfo: Document Chill support.
140 Fri Jun 4 16:58:22 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
142 * gdbint.texinfo (SP_REGNUM, FP_REGNUM, PC_REGNUM): Add reference
143 to corresponding TARGET_READ_reg TARGET_WRITE_reg macros.
144 Document that the value should be greater-than or equal-to zero.
145 (NO_STD_REGS): Document. Deprecate.
147 Tue Jun 1 15:04:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
149 * gdbint.texinfo (TARGET_COMPLEX_BIT, TARGET_DOUBLE_COMPLEX_BIT):
150 Document that these are not used.
152 Thu May 27 09:28:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
154 * gdbint.texinfo (EXTRACT_STRUCT_VALUE_ADDRESS_P): Document.
156 Mon May 24 10:07:39 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
158 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_NUM_ARGS): Update definition. Parameter
161 Thu May 20 12:26:59 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
163 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAMELESS_FUNCTION_INVOCATION): Update.
165 Tue Apr 27 19:14:20 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
167 * gdbint.texinfo (SKIP_PROLOGUE, SKIP_PROLOGUE_FRAMELESS_P):
170 Thu Apr 22 13:07:37 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
172 * gdbint.texinfo (USE_GENERIC_DUMMY_FRAMES): Document.
173 (GET_SAVED_REGISTER): Update, not just the a29k uses this.
175 Wed Apr 21 13:59:01 1999 Dave Brolley <brolley@cygnus.com>
177 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix typos: $ -> @.
179 Tue Apr 20 11:59:38 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
181 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAMES, BREAKPOINT, BIG_BREAKPOINT,
182 LITTLE_BREAKPOINT, LITTLE_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT,
183 BIG_REMOTE_BREAKPOINT): Deprecate in favor of REGISTER_NAME and
186 Mon Apr 12 16:00:44 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
188 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST_P,
189 CALL_DUMMY_STACK_ADJUST): Document.
191 Thu Apr 8 17:23:15 1999 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
193 * gdbint.texinfo (CALL_DUMMY_P, CALL_DUMMY_WORDS,
194 SIZEOF_CALL_DUMMY_WORDS, CALL_DUMMY): Define.
196 1999-04-02 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
198 * gdbint.texinfo (MAINTENANCE_CMDS): Remove ref, since it no
201 Tue Mar 9 19:25:11 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
203 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi, all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove
204 nearly all @ifset/@ifclear conditionals; nobody uses them, and
205 they make the manual source incomprehensible.
206 * h8-cfg.texi: Remove, hasn't been used in years.
208 Thu Feb 11 18:00:59 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
210 * gdb.texinfo: Update the credits.
212 Mon Feb 8 17:33:57 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
214 * gdb.texinfo: Fix mistakes noticed in printout of last
215 draft, add Alpha to discussion of heuristic fence post.
217 Fri Feb 5 17:20:00 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
219 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Many changes; update to Seventh
220 Edition, merge some HP changes into mainline, describe some
221 previously undocumented features, describe more of the target
222 commands available, eliminate obsolete section on renamed
224 * all-cfg.texi, HPPA-cfg.texi: Remove some obsolete conditionals.
226 Wed Jan 20 17:47:45 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
228 * gdb.texinfo: Make many HPPA conditionals unconditional,
229 including catchpoint description, since now on for all configs.
230 * all-cfg.texi: @clear HPPA, since is mainly for very HP-specific
233 Thu Jan 14 17:10:12 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
235 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Fix match expression to work with
236 current format of VERSION in gdb/Makefile.in.
237 * gdb.texinfo: Fix node ref to match new readline.
239 Wed Jan 13 10:38:40 1999 Edith Epstein <eepstein@sophia.cygnus.com>
241 * gdb.texinfo: Changes made as part of a project to merge in
242 changes made by HP. Documentation makes extensive use of
243 @ifclear HPPA and @ifset HPPA. The HP manual omits doumentation
244 on remote debugging. There are differences in documentation
245 (HP vs. non-HP) on C++ support (aCC vs. gnu gcc++). Also,
246 the HP manual discusses catchpoints, hardware watchpoints, and
247 some HPUX specific limitations for shared library support.
249 There are also a number of @node changes.
251 1999-01-12 Jason Molenda (jsm@bugshack.cygnus.com)
253 * gdbint.texinfo (Formatting): Disambiguate a sentence.
256 Wed Jan 6 11:55:34 1999 David Taylor <taylor@texas.cygnus.com>
258 The following changes were made by Edith Epstein
259 <eepstein@cygnus.com> as part of a project to merge in changes
262 * HPPA-cfg.texi: new file.
264 * all-cfg.texi: set HPPA for HP PA-RISC targets.
266 * refcard.tex: change documentation about catch.
269 Mon Jan 4 18:29:18 1999 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
271 * gdbint.texinfo: Expand on GDB's coding standards,
272 specify the use of arg names with prototypes.
274 1998-12-14 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
276 * gdb.texinfo: Fix tipo.
278 Sun Dec 13 10:27:59 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
280 * gdbint.texinfo: Document TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_DEFAULT and
281 TARGET_BYTE_ORDER_SELECTABLE_P.
283 Thu Dec 10 16:07:09 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
285 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_FIND_SAVED_REGS): Document.
287 1998-12-09 Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
289 * agentexpr.texi: New file.
291 Wed Dec 9 21:13:57 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
293 * gdbint.texinfo (REGISTER_NAME): Replace REGISTER_NAMES.
295 1998-12-03 J.T. Conklin <jtc@redbacknetworks.com>
297 * remote.texi: Changed wording that implied that the GDB remote
298 protocol caches register values instead of GDB itself.
300 Tue Dec 1 17:45:43 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
302 * gdbint.texinfo: Add some info about symbol readers.
303 (CHILL_PRODUCER, etc): Comment out descriptions, not useful.
304 (IN_SOLIB_CALL_TRAMPOLINE): Rename info from IN_SOLIB_TRAMPOLINE.
305 (IN_SOLIB_RETURN_TRAMPOLINE): Describe.
306 (KERNEL_DEBUGGING, MIPSEL): No info about these, remove.
308 Mon Nov 30 11:32:21 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
310 * gdbint.texinfo (FRAME_CHAIN_VALID_ALTERNATE):
312 Sat Nov 28 13:45:53 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
314 * gdbint.texinfo (INNER_THAN): Update, now takes parameters.
316 Fri Nov 27 12:39:45 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@chook>
318 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Replace with
319 SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP_P and SOFTWARE_SINGLE_STEP.
321 Wed Oct 14 10:02:40 1998 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
323 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix minor typos.
325 Wed Sep 30 18:03:19 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
327 * gdbint.texinfo: Complete overhaul. Group descriptions more
328 logically, add more info on generic algorithms, remove much
329 obsolete and/or wrong material.
331 Fri Jul 24 17:51:38 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
333 * stabs.texinfo (Method Type Descriptor): Expand and correct.
335 Mon May 4 10:37:12 1998 Brian Youmans (3diff@gnu.org)
337 * refcard.tex: Copyright, address updates.
339 Tue Apr 21 18:09:56 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
341 * gdb.texinfo (EDITION, DATE): Update and change to use ordinals
342 for the edition instead of confusing GDB-version-like numbers.
344 Mon Apr 13 14:05:00 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
346 * gdb.texinfo (hbreak, watch): Fix typo, "date" -> "data".
348 Thu Apr 2 16:52:44 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com)
350 * LRS: Reformat a bit to keep text under 80 columns.
352 Thu Apr 2 16:10:36 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
354 * gdb.texinfo: Add some credits, mention bug monitor.
355 * remote.texi: Mention mips monitor targets.
356 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe SP_REGNUM, STEP_SKIPS_DELAY.
358 Mon Feb 2 17:13:03 1998 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
360 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove obsolete mentions of pinsn.c and opcode.h
361 files, finish sorting of host vs target vs native macros, describe
364 Tue Jan 13 16:44:50 1998 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
366 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document change from
367 using NO_MMALLOC to it's inverse, USE_MMALLOC.
369 Mon Nov 24 13:55:21 1997 Andrew Cagney <cagney@b1.cygnus.com>
371 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Document
372 PRINTF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, SCANF_HAS_LONG_DOUBLE, HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE.
374 Fri Jul 4 14:52:31 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
376 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals): Add CRLF_SOURCE_LINES.
377 Document LSEEK_NOT_LINEAR.
379 Tue Mar 25 14:44:09 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
381 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Make it clear that only
382 some versions of the GNU linker remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
384 Thu Feb 27 17:45:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
386 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Document type number pairs here,
387 instead of in the Sun specific section.
388 (Include Files): The GNU linker supports the N_BINCL
389 optimization. Clarify the N_BINCL value, and what it is used
391 (Procedures): Document N_FUN with an empty string to mark the end
393 (Typedefs): Mention that Sun compilers may use N_GSYM for a type.
394 (Sun Differences): Remove this node, as the information is now
395 elsewhere in the main document.
396 (Stab Section Basics): Mention that the GNU linker may optimize
397 stabs and remove the leading N_UNDF symbol.
399 Mon Dec 9 12:23:32 1996 Roland Pesch <roland@wrs.com>
401 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Restore author credit
403 Wed Oct 2 22:01:36 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@fishfood.ninemoons.com>
405 * gdbint.texinfo (SIGTRAMP_START, SIGTRAMP_END): Update
406 documentation to account for START and END macros taking
409 Thu Aug 22 17:59:03 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
411 From: Eberhard Mattes <mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
412 * gdb.texinfo (Frames): Fix typo.
414 Tue Jul 23 10:06:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
416 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_SINGLE_STEP): Document that single_step takes
417 a target_signal as arg type, not a pid.
419 Fri Jul 12 11:10:05 1996 Stu Grossman (grossman@critters.cygnus.com)
421 * gdb.texinfo: Document `set assembly-language'.
423 Thu Jul 11 13:50:28 1996 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
425 * remote.texi: Update list of stubs in the GDB distribution.
427 Fri Jul 5 15:38:54 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
429 * gdbint.texinfo (NO_MMCHECK): Renamed from NO_MMALLOC_CHECK.
430 Also document that some systems can use mmalloc but must define
431 this if their C runtime allocates memory that is later freed.
432 (MMCHECK_FORCE): Document new macro.
434 Fri Jun 28 22:17:10 1996 Dawn Perchik <dawn@cygnus.com>
436 * remote.texi: Add documentation for target Sparclet.
438 Mon Jun 24 18:12:22 1996 Jason Molenda (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
440 * Makefile.in (srcdir, VPATH, prefix, infodir, INSTALL,
441 INSTALL_PROGRAM, INSTALL_DATA): Use autoconf set values.
442 * configure.in: Rewritten for autoconf.
445 Mon Jun 17 10:43:41 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
447 * Makefile.in (DVIPS): New define, set to dvips.
448 (dvi): Add stabs.dvi.
450 (all-doc): Depend on info, dvi, and ps targets.
451 (STAGESTUFF): Add *.ps and *.dvi files.
452 (clean-info, clean-dvi): Remove.
453 (mostlyclean): Does not depend upon clean-info or clean-dvi,
454 rules completely rewritten.
455 (maintainer-clean): Remove clean-info and clean-dvi
456 dependencies and put their actions in the rules.
458 (gdb.dvi, gdbgui.dvi, gdbint.dvi, stabs.dvi): Remove
459 intermediate TeX files, whether they have 2 or 3 character
461 (gdbint.ps): Add target and rules.
462 (gdb-internals): Delete unused target.
463 (Makefile): Depends upon config.status also.
465 Sat Mar 30 15:46:58 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
467 * gdbint.texinfo (CC_HAS_LONG_LONG): Clarify when/how this is
470 Sat Mar 16 15:10:20 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
472 From Peter Schauer <Peter.Schauer@Regent.E-Technik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
473 * gdb.texinfo (Expressions): Fix erroneous array constant example.
475 Sat Mar 16 13:28:45 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
477 * gdb.texinfo: Add missing "@bullet" to some "@itemize" commands.
479 Sat Feb 10 03:28:36 1996 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
481 * gdb.texinfo (Print settings): Document
482 `set/show print static-members' commands.
484 Wed Jan 10 14:16:37 1996 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
486 * gdbint.texinfo (Native): Document name change, coredep.c to
489 Wed Dec 13 12:35:28 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
491 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Document the values the SunOS4
492 linker creates for N_BINCL/N_EINCL/N_EXCL stabs.
494 Fri Dec 8 21:08:44 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
496 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Change gdb.tar.Z to gdb.tar.gz.
499 Fri Dec 1 11:07:50 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
501 * gdbint.texinfo (Releases): Make "gdb.tar.gz" rather than
504 Wed Sep 20 13:14:10 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
506 * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): New target, synonym for
509 Thu Aug 3 10:45:37 1995 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
511 * Update all FSF addresses except those in COPYING* files.
513 Wed Jul 19 18:43:03 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
515 From Richard Earnshaw (rearnsha@armltd.co.uk):
516 * gdb.texinfo (convenience variables): Document $_exitcode.
517 (quit): Document optional expression to use as exit code.
519 Thu Jun 22 21:27:33 1995 Victoria Mixon <victoria@cygnus.com>
521 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: Brought up to date with various
524 Tue Jun 20 14:35:38 1995 Stan Shebs <shebs@andros.cygnus.com>
526 * gdb.texinfo: Update dates and versions, fix comments about
527 hardware watchpoints in future releases and about the
528 sharedlibrary command.
530 Mon May 8 09:30:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
532 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node `XCOFF differences'. Describe value of
533 C_FUN stab. Other cleanups.
535 Wed Apr 19 07:02:19 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
537 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Clarify that flush_i_cache is only
540 Tue Apr 11 11:41:49 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
542 * annotate.texi: Clarify which addresses have differing formats
543 depending on the language and which do not.
545 Tue Mar 28 16:56:22 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
547 * remote.texi (NetWare): Changed example to use BOARD= instead of
548 NODE= argument to reflect correspoding change to gdbserve.nlm.
550 Fri Mar 17 06:47:02 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
552 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Mention the fact that
553 GDB, as well as AIX dbx, supports the size type attribute.
555 Thu Mar 16 12:11:32 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
557 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document types -31 to -34.
559 Mon Mar 13 16:49:13 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
561 * gdb.texinfo (Define): Document $arg0... arguments to commands,
562 and new 'if' and 'while' commands.
564 Fri Feb 17 15:24:35 1995 Per Bothner <bothner@kalessin.cygnus.com>
566 * gdb.texinfo (Artificial arrays): Note use of coerce-to-array-type.
568 Wed Feb 15 11:59:18 1995 J.T. Conklin <jtc@rtl.cygnus.com>
570 * all-cfg.texi: New flag, GDBSERVE, for NetWare's gdbserve.nlm.
571 * remote.texi (NetWare): New node, how to use gdbserve.nlm on
572 NetWare targets. Mostly stolen from the Server node.
574 Fri Feb 10 20:20:08 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
576 * gdb.texinfo (Setting): Talk about the language of a source file
577 versus the working language. The old documentation did not match
580 Wed Feb 1 20:26:36 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
582 * stabs.texinfo (Source Files): Document N_SO used to mark the end
585 Mon Jan 23 14:23:37 1995 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
587 * gdb.texinfo (Processes): New node.
589 Tue Jan 17 14:09:03 1995 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@sanguine.cygnus.com>
591 * remote.texi: Update documentation of set/show mipsfpu.
594 Sun Sep 4 16:47:21 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
596 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of some incorrectly placed and
597 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
599 Mon Aug 1 15:42:39 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
601 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove references to BROKEN_LARGE_ALLOCA and
602 SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE; they were removed from GDB 14 May 1994.
604 Mon Aug 1 15:12:02 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
606 * gdbint.texinfo: Put regex conditionals in their own table.
608 Tue Jul 26 18:32:52 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
610 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many obsolete conditionals,
611 described or fixed the descriptions of many others.
613 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
615 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
616 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
617 macros and remove some.
619 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
621 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
622 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
624 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
626 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
627 is the correct gdb command.
629 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
631 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
632 suggested but not yet implemented.
634 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
636 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
637 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
639 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
641 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
642 of stabs-in-coff sections.
644 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
646 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
648 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
649 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
651 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
652 when waiting for your program to stop.
654 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
656 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
657 fields and record annotation.
659 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
661 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
663 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
665 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
666 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
668 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
670 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
671 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
672 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
673 an object file format.
675 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
677 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
679 (Arguments): Fix typo.
681 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
683 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
684 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
686 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
688 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
689 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
690 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
692 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
694 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
695 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
696 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
698 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
701 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
703 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
705 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
706 references to ieee-float.c.
708 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
710 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
711 match what the code actually does.
713 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
715 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
717 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
719 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
722 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
724 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
725 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
726 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
727 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
729 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
731 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
734 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
736 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
737 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
738 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
739 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
741 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
743 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
744 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
746 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
748 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
751 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
753 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
754 arbitrary frame specficiations.
756 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
758 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
760 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
762 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
764 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
766 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
768 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
770 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
771 Differences node to Statics node.
772 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
774 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
777 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
779 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
780 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
783 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
785 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
787 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
788 ELF and SOM Transformations.
790 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
792 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
794 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
796 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
798 (Structures): Document static members.
800 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
802 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
804 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
806 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
808 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
810 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
812 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
814 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
816 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
817 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
818 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
819 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
821 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
822 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
823 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
824 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
826 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
828 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
830 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
832 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
833 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
835 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
837 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
838 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
839 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
840 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
843 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
844 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
846 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
847 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
848 languages is described in detail.
850 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
852 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
855 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
857 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
859 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
860 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
862 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
864 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
865 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
866 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
868 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
870 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
871 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
873 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
875 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
877 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
879 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
880 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
882 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
884 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
886 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
887 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
888 per a suggestion from kingdon.
890 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
893 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
895 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
896 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
898 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
900 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
902 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
904 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
905 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
907 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
909 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
911 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
913 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
915 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
917 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
918 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
919 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
921 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
922 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
924 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
926 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
927 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
928 signal command and the shell kill utility.
930 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
932 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
934 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
936 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
938 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
940 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
942 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
944 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
945 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
947 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
949 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
950 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
951 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
953 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
955 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
957 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
959 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
961 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
963 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
964 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
966 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
968 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
970 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
972 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
974 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
976 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
978 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
979 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
981 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
983 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
985 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
987 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
990 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
992 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
994 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
996 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
998 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
1000 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
1001 non-trivial words in section names.
1003 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1005 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
1007 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
1009 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
1011 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
1012 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
1013 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
1014 Use @deffn to define stab types.
1015 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
1016 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
1017 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
1019 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
1021 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
1023 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1025 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
1026 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
1028 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
1029 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
1031 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
1033 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
1035 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
1037 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1039 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
1040 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
1042 (Global Variables): Clean up.
1044 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1046 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
1048 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1050 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
1051 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
1052 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
1053 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
1055 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1057 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
1059 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
1061 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
1062 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
1064 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1066 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
1068 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
1069 paragraph which follows.
1071 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
1072 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
1074 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1076 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
1078 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1080 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
1083 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1085 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
1086 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
1088 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
1090 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
1092 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
1094 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
1095 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
1097 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
1099 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
1101 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1103 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
1104 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
1106 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1108 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
1110 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
1112 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
1114 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
1116 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
1118 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1120 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
1121 to select Modula-2 material.
1123 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1125 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
1127 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
1128 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
1130 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1132 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
1134 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1136 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
1138 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1140 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
1141 removed from the code by Kingdon.
1143 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1145 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
1146 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
1148 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
1149 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
1151 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1153 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
1154 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
1156 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1158 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
1160 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1162 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
1164 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1166 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
1167 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
1168 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
1169 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
1170 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
1172 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
1173 in easily replaced spot
1175 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
1177 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1179 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
1181 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1183 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
1185 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1187 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
1188 politely rather than rudely.
1190 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1192 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
1194 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1196 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
1198 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1200 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
1202 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
1204 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
1206 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1208 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
1209 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
1210 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
1211 minor formatting improvements.
1213 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
1214 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
1217 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1219 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
1221 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1223 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
1224 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
1225 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
1227 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
1228 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
1230 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1232 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
1234 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1236 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
1238 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1240 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
1241 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
1242 command and suggest other solutions.
1244 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1246 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
1247 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
1249 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1251 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
1253 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
1254 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
1256 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
1258 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
1260 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1262 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
1265 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
1266 the trailing semicolon.
1268 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1270 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
1271 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
1272 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
1274 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
1275 at the end of a range type.
1277 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
1280 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1282 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
1284 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1286 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
1287 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
1288 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
1290 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1292 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
1293 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
1294 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
1295 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
1297 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1299 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
1300 directly under the main menu.
1302 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
1303 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
1304 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
1305 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
1306 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
1307 worrying more about those languages.
1309 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
1310 to omit the symbol descriptor.
1312 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
1314 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
1315 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
1317 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1319 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
1321 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1323 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
1326 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
1328 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1330 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
1331 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
1333 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1335 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
1336 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
1338 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
1340 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
1342 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
1343 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
1345 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
1346 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
1347 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
1348 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
1350 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1352 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
1355 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
1357 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1359 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
1360 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
1361 (Getting Started): New node.
1363 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1365 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
1367 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
1369 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
1370 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
1372 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1374 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
1376 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1378 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
1380 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1382 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
1384 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1386 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
1387 (Parameters): Rewrite.
1388 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
1390 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
1392 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
1394 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1396 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
1398 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
1400 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
1401 Add info about internal type data structures.
1403 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1405 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
1407 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
1409 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1411 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
1413 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1415 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
1417 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
1418 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
1420 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
1423 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
1424 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
1427 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
1428 configuration for GDB user manual.
1430 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
1432 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
1433 stored as gdb-config.texi
1435 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
1437 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
1439 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1441 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
1443 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1445 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
1447 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
1449 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
1451 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
1453 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
1455 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1457 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
1459 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1461 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
1463 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1465 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
1467 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1469 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
1471 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1473 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
1474 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
1476 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1478 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
1480 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1482 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
1484 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1486 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
1487 from an email msg by Stu.
1489 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1491 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
1492 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
1493 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
1495 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
1497 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1499 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
1502 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1504 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
1507 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1509 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
1511 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1513 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
1515 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
1518 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1520 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
1523 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1525 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
1527 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1529 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
1531 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1533 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
1535 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
1537 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
1538 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
1540 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1542 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
1544 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1546 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
1548 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1550 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
1552 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
1554 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
1556 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1558 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
1559 These will be reinserted when examined.
1561 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1563 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
1564 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
1565 host-specific and target-specific.
1567 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1569 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
1570 examples (not consistent w others).
1571 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
1572 for generic vn of doc
1574 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
1576 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
1578 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1580 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
1582 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1584 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
1585 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
1586 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
1588 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
1590 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1592 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
1593 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
1595 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
1597 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
1598 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
1600 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1602 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
1603 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
1605 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
1607 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
1609 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1611 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1612 rstack_high_address'.
1614 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1616 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1617 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1620 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1622 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1624 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1626 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1628 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1630 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1632 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1634 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1635 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1636 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1637 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1639 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1641 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1643 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1645 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1648 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1650 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1651 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1652 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1654 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1656 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1658 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1660 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1662 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1664 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1665 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1666 standards.text support.
1668 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1670 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1671 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1672 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1679 version-control: never