gdb/doc/ChangeLog

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