* stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
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1 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
2
3 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
4 -16.
5
6 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
7
8 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
9 arbitrary frame specficiations.
10
11 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
12
13 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
14
15 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
16
17 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
18
19 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
20
21 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
22
23 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
24
25 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
26 Differences node to Statics node.
27 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
28
29 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
30 not clean.
31
32 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
33
34 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
35 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
36 `set print's.
37
38 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
39
40 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
41 numbers at once.
42 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
43 ELF and SOM Transformations.
44
45 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
46
47 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
48
49 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
50
51 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
52 within <>.
53 (Structures): Document static members.
54
55 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
56
57 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
58
59 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
60
61 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
62
63 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
64
65 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
66
67 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
68
69 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
70
71 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
72 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
73 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
74 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
75
76 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
77 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
78 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
79 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
80
81 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
82
83 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
84
85 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
86
87 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
88 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
89
90 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
91
92 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
93 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
94 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
95 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
96 designed).
97
98 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
99 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
100 doesn't work well.
101 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
102 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
103 languages is described in detail.
104
105 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
106
107 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
108 characters.
109
110 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
111
112 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
113
114 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
115 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
116
117 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
118
119 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
120 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
121 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
122
123 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
124
125 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
126 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
127
128 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
129
130 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
131
132 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
133
134 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
135 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
136
137 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
138
139 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
140
141 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
142 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
143 per a suggestion from kingdon.
144
145 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
146 premise.
147
148 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
149
150 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
151 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
152
153 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
154
155 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
156
157 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
158
159 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
160 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
161
162 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
163
164 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
165
166 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
167
168 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
169
170 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
171
172 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
173 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
174 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
175
176 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
177 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
178
179 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
180
181 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
182 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
183 signal command and the shell kill utility.
184
185 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
186
187 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
188
189 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
190
191 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
192
193 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
194
195 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
196
197 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
198
199 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
200 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
201
202 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
203
204 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
205 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
206 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
207
208 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
209
210 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
211
212 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
213
214 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
215
216 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
217
218 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
219 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
220
221 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
222
223 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
224
225 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
226
227 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
228
229 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
230
231 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
232
233 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
234 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
235
236 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
237
238 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
239
240 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
241
242 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
243 parameters on VAX.
244
245 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
246
247 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
248
249 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
250
251 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
252
253 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
254
255 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
256 non-trivial words in section names.
257
258 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
259
260 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
261
262 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
263
264 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
265
266 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
267 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
268 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
269 Use @deffn to define stab types.
270 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
271 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
272 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
273
274 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
275
276 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
277
278 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
279
280 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
281 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
282
283 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
284 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
285
286 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
287
288 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
289
290 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
291
292 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
293
294 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
295 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
296 no tabs, use @r).
297 (Global Variables): Clean up.
298
299 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
300
301 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
302
303 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
304
305 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
306 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
307 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
308 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
309
310 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
311
312 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
313
314 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
315
316 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
317 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
318
319 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
320
321 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
322
323 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
324 paragraph which follows.
325
326 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
327 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
328
329 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
330
331 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
332
333 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
334
335 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
336 retransmit-timeout
337
338 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
339
340 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
341 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
342
343 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
344
345 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
346
347 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
348
349 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
350 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
351
352 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
353
354 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
355
356 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
357
358 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
359 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
360
361 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
362
363 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
364
365 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
366
367 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
368
369 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
370
371 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
372
373 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
374
375 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
376 to select Modula-2 material.
377
378 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
379
380 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
381
382 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
383 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
384
385 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
386
387 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
388
389 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
390
391 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
392
393 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
394
395 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
396 removed from the code by Kingdon.
397
398 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
399
400 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
401 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
402
403 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
404 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
405
406 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
407
408 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
409 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
410
411 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
412
413 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
414
415 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
416
417 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
418
419 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
420
421 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
422 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
423 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
424 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
425 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
426
427 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
428 in easily replaced spot
429
430 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
431
432 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
433
434 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
435
436 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
437
438 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
439
440 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
441
442 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
443 politely rather than rudely.
444
445 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
446
447 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
448
449 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
450
451 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
452
453 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
454
455 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
456
457 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
458
459 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
460
461 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
462
463 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
464 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
465 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
466 minor formatting improvements.
467
468 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
469 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
470 new text.
471
472 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
473
474 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
475
476 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
477
478 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
479 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
480 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
481
482 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
483 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
484
485 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
486
487 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
488
489 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
490
491 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
492
493 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
494
495 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
496 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
497 command and suggest other solutions.
498
499 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
500
501 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
502 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
503
504 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
505
506 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
507 NF_LDOUBLE means.
508 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
509 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
510
511 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
512
513 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
514
515 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
516
517 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
518 information.
519
520 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
521 the trailing semicolon.
522
523 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
524
525 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
526 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
527 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
528
529 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
530 at the end of a range type.
531
532 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
533 AIX extensions.
534
535 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
536
537 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
538
539 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
540
541 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
542 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
543 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
544
545 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
546
547 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
548 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
549 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
550 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
551
552 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
553
554 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
555 directly under the main menu.
556
557 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
558 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
559 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
560 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
561 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
562 worrying more about those languages.
563
564 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
565 to omit the symbol descriptor.
566
567 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
568
569 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
570 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
571
572 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
573
574 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
575
576 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
577
578 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
579 target remote.
580
581 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
582
583 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
584
585 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
586 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
587
588 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
589
590 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
591 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
592
593 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
594
595 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
596
597 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
598 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
599
600 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
601 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
602 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
603 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
604
605 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
606
607 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
608 AIX documentation.
609
610 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
611
612 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
613
614 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
615 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
616 (Getting Started): New node.
617
618 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
619
620 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
621
622 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
623
624 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
625 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
626
627 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
628
629 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
630
631 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
632
633 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
634
635 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
636
637 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
638
639 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
640
641 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
642 (Parameters): Rewrite.
643 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
644
645 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
646
647 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
648
649 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
650
651 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
652
653 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
654
655 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
656 Add info about internal type data structures.
657
658 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
659
660 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
661 $(srcdir).
662 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
663
664 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
665
666 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
667
668 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
669
670 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
671
672 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
673 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
674
675 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
676 h8 config
677
678 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
679 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
680 menus).
681
682 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
683 configuration for GDB user manual.
684
685 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
686
687 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
688 stored as gdb-config.texi
689
690 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
691
692 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
693
694 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
695
696 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
697
698 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
699
700 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
701 host conditionals.
702 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
703
704 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
705
706 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
707
708 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
709
710 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
711
712 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
713
714 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
715
716 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
717
718 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
719
720 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
721
722 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
723
724 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
725
726 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
727
728 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
729 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
730
731 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
732
733 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
734
735 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
736
737 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
738
739 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
740
741 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
742 from an email msg by Stu.
743
744 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
745
746 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
747 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
748 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
749
750 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
751
752 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
753
754 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
755 object file format.
756
757 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
758
759 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
760 intermediate file.
761
762 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
763
764 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
765
766 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
767
768 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
769
770 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
771 as well as Z8002.
772
773 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
774
775 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
776 in changes.
777
778 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
779
780 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
781
782 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
783
784 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
785
786 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
787
788 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
789
790 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
791
792 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
793 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
794
795 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
796
797 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
798
799 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
800
801 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
802
803 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
804
805 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
806
807 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
808
809 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
810
811 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
812
813 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
814 These will be reinserted when examined.
815
816 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
817
818 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
819 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
820 host-specific and target-specific.
821
822 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
823
824 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
825 examples (not consistent w others).
826 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
827 for generic vn of doc
828
829 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
830
831 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
832
833 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
834
835 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
836
837 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
838
839 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
840 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
841 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
842
843 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
844
845 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
846
847 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
848 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
849
850 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
851
852 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
853 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
854
855 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
856
857 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
858 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
859
860 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
861
862 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
863
864 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
865
866 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
867 rstack_high_address'.
868
869 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
870
871 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
872 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
873 H8/300 from DOS.
874
875 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
876
877 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
878
879 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
880
881 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
882
883 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
884
885 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
886
887 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
888
889 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
890 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
891 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
892 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
893
894 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
895
896 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
897
898 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
899
900 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
901 temporary.
902
903 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
904
905 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
906 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
907 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
908
909 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
910
911 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
912
913 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
914
915 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
916
917 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
918
919 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
920 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
921 standards.text support.
922
923 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
924
925 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
926 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
927 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
928
929 \f
930 Local Variables:
931 mode: indented-text
932 left-margin: 8
933 fill-column: 74
934 version-control: never
935 End:
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