1 Sun Jul 17 14:14:03 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
3 * gdb.texinfo: Add some more credits.
4 * gdbint.texinfo: Capitalize GDB consistently, describe some
5 macros and remove some.
7 Thu Jul 14 18:43:17 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
9 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed mentions of many incorrectly placed and
10 obsolete conditionals, described some others.
12 Tue Jul 12 12:23:15 1994 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
14 * gdb.texinfo (help targets): Changed to `help target', which
15 is the correct gdb command.
17 Wed Jun 22 18:00:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
19 * annotate.texi (TODO): New node, for keeping track of annotations
20 suggested but not yet implemented.
22 Wed Jun 1 16:10:45 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
24 * stabs.texinfo (Statics): Value of xcoff C_BSTAT points to
25 another symbol, it is not the address itself.
27 Thu May 5 20:23:36 1994 Stan Shebs (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
29 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Add comment about alignment
30 of stabs-in-coff sections.
32 Wed May 4 06:26:11 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
34 * annotate.texi: Change edition to 0.5 and date to May 1994.
36 (Frames): New node, for frame annotation.
37 (Displays): New node, for display annotation.
39 * remote.texi (MIPS Remote): Say that set timeout doesn't apply
40 when waiting for your program to stop.
42 Fri Apr 29 18:24:46 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
44 * annotate.texi (Breakpoint Info): Document annotation of header
45 fields and record annotation.
47 Thu Apr 28 07:44:28 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
49 * annotate.texi: New file, to document annotations.
51 Thu Apr 21 14:20:51 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
53 * Makefile.in (clean): Don't remove GDBvn.texi (apparently on Jan
54 16 I meant to make this change but did not). Do remove gdb-cfg.texi.
56 Wed Apr 20 11:22:48 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
58 * stabs.texinfo (Stab Section Basics): Say what is in .stab
59 section, and say n_strx field is compilation unit relative.
60 * stabs.texinfo: Don't use @code for a.out when it is the name of
61 an object file format.
63 Wed Apr 13 20:29:54 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
65 * gdb.texinfo: Refer to file names, not path names, per rms
67 (Arguments): Fix typo.
69 Thu Mar 24 08:09:12 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
71 * stabs.texinfo (Global Variables): Talk about stabs in files
72 where variables are referenced, but not defined.
74 Wed Mar 23 07:16:36 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
76 * stabs.texinfo: Move stuff on @ and # type descriptors from node
77 Cplusplus to new nodes Member Type Descriptor and Method Type
78 Descriptor. Re-write stuff for #.
80 Wed Mar 16 08:20:19 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
82 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Don't document "set print
83 fast-symbolic-addr off". The bug which it worked around was fixed
84 on 25 Feb 94 in coffread.c, so I'm nuking the command.
86 * stabs.texinfo (Alternate Entry Points): New node, rewritten from
89 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add 'Y' type descriptor.
91 Tue Mar 15 08:43:02 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
93 * gdbint.texinfo (Host Conditionals, Target Conditionals): Remove
94 references to ieee-float.c.
96 Fri Mar 11 08:09:40 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
98 * gdb.texinfo (Set Breaks): Update documentation for tbreak to
99 match what the code actually does.
101 Wed Mar 9 19:43:05 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
103 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol Descriptors): Add OS9000 symbol descriptor s.
105 Tue Mar 1 17:04:43 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
107 * stabs.texinfo (Type Descriptors): Add OS9000 type descriptors c,
110 Wed Feb 23 10:44:18 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@rtl.cygnus.com)
112 * stabs.texinfo: Document N_RBRAC as function relative for COFF as
113 well as for ELF and SOM. Unify the descriptions of ELF and SOM
114 as "stabs in sections" rather than just saying "ELF and SOM".
115 Also make that stuff apply to COFF.
117 Fri Feb 18 08:25:58 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
119 * gdb.texinfo (Formatting Documentation): Change GhostScript to
122 Fri Feb 4 06:31:31 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
124 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): When talking about "step"
125 versus functions without line numbers, also mention stepping into
126 them as well as "step" when you are in them. Tell the user how to
127 deal with the situation. Add comment about "debugging information".
129 Thu Feb 3 11:39:59 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
131 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Document restriction on where
132 enumeration types can appear and still win with GDB.
134 Wed Feb 2 11:29:17 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
136 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Document format for type
139 Thu Jan 27 16:53:56 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
141 * gdb.texinfo (Selection, Frame Info): Update information about
142 arbitrary frame specficiations.
144 Wed Jan 26 15:31:57 1994 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
146 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: general editing pass prior to Net release
148 Tue Jan 25 12:12:04 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
150 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Discuss continuing stabs with ?.
152 Wed Jan 19 06:39:24 1994 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
154 * stabs.texinfo (Non-Stab Symbol Types): Mention N_SET* | N_EXT.
156 Sun Jan 16 12:43:32 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
158 * stabs.texinfo: Re-do stuff about C_BSTAT and move from XCOFF
159 Differences node to Statics node.
160 (Statics): Discuss XCOFF use of V symbol descriptor.
162 * Makefile.in: Remove refcard.dvi and GDBvn.texi in realclean,
165 Wed Jan 12 21:29:54 1994 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
167 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Document `set print
168 fast-symbolic-addr' and improve the doc for some other
171 Mon Jan 3 17:23:07 1994 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
173 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Talk about defining several type
175 Fix lint regarding changing node ELF Transformations to
176 ELF and SOM Transformations.
178 Fri Dec 31 00:42:43 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
180 * stabs.texinfo: Insert Peter Kessler's name as inventor (I think).
182 Tue Dec 28 09:30:40 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
184 * stabs.texinfo (Cross-References): `::' is for nested types only
186 (Structures): Document static members.
188 Mon Dec 27 13:55:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
190 * stabs.texinfo: Document S type attribute.
192 Sun Dec 26 20:46:36 1993 Jeffrey A. Law (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
194 * stabs.texinfo: Add notes about stabs-in-som where appropriate.
196 Fri Dec 3 19:13:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
198 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
200 Sun Nov 28 18:06:25 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
202 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: formatting improvements
204 * gdb.texinfo (New Features): mention threads.
205 (Summary, C): fix xrefs in newly contributed text.
206 (Threads): index entries, clarifications, example
207 (passim): minor typos fixed, phrasing improvements
209 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): rephrase text on ^C and add index
210 entries; (Server): explain use of gdbserver w/real-time systems,
211 add example of conflicting TCP port; (MIPS Remote) break up
212 running text into table, highlighting commands, and add example.
214 Wed Nov 24 14:15:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
216 * refcard.tex: avoid bad linebreaks even when REFEDITS=psrc.sed
218 Fri Nov 12 16:10:58 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
220 * stabs.texinfo (Nested Symbols): New node.
221 (String Field, Symbol Descriptors, Cross-References): Refer to it.
223 Thu Nov 11 13:26:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
225 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs in ELF): Clarify how Bbss.bss work with respect
226 to picking which Bbss.bss symbol to use, and (because there seems to
227 be no good way of doing it) re-write some of the text to make it
228 sound like Bbss.bss isn't such a great idea after all (as currently
231 * gdb.texinfo (C): In addition to saying people have to use g++ for
232 good results, say they have to use stabs. Specifically say cfront
234 (Summary): Merge in information on Modula-2, Pascal, and Chill from
235 the gdb README. Add xrefs to places where the support for the various
236 languages is described in detail.
238 Mon Nov 8 11:47:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
240 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up stuff about visibility and virtual
243 * stabs.texinfo (N_M2C): Cite Sun doc.
245 Fri Nov 5 16:27:27 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
247 * gdb.texinfo: updates re threads.
248 * remote.texinfo: avoid index entries starting with digits.
250 Tue Nov 2 09:08:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
252 * stabs.texinfo (Enumerations): Talk about large, negative and
253 octal values. Clean up cross reference to type attributes.
254 (String Field): Say that GDB 4.11 supports size attribute.
256 Sun Oct 31 13:31:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
258 * remote.texi (VxWorks Remote): Clarify that rebuilding VxWorks kernel
259 is a mandatory step. Make the stuff about that more concise.
261 Wed Oct 27 00:25:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
263 * stabs.texinfo (Class Names): New node.
265 * gdb.texinfo (Command Files): Explain order of init file reading.
267 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Talk about getting the serial driver
268 to deal with ^C sent by gdb to stop the remote system.
270 Mon Oct 25 03:25:41 1993 Tom Lord (lord@cygnus.com)
272 * libgdb.texinfo (I/O): incorporated better phrasing from rich.
274 * libgdb.texinfo (Defining Commands): made the DOC arg
275 to gdb_define_app_command a char * instead of char **
276 per a suggestion from kingdon.
278 * libgdb.texinfo: total rewrite from a different starting
281 Wed Oct 20 18:07:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
283 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Re-write paragraph on
284 floats passed as doubles (to improve clarity).
286 Tue Oct 19 14:21:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
288 * gdb.texinfo (Source Path): index entries for $cwd, $pdir
290 * a4rc.sed: update to work with Andreas Vogel papersize params
292 * refcard.tex: use Andreas Vogel simplifications of papersize
293 params; remove useless version info; update copyright date.
295 Tue Oct 19 10:46:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
297 * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Add class NAME to doc for ptype.
299 Tue Oct 12 09:11:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
301 * gdb.texinfo (Files): Say what address the load command loads it at.
303 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Minor cleanups.
305 * stabs.texinfo: Update ld stabs in elf relocation to reflect the fact
306 that Sun has backed away from the linker kludge and thus the relevant
307 issue is changes to the SunPRO tools, not the Solaris linker.
309 * stabs.texinfo (Traditional Integer Types): Clean up description
310 of octal bounds a little bit. Document extra leading zeroes.
312 Thu Oct 7 16:15:37 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
314 * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Update for symbolic symbol names
315 and add a section explaining the difference between the GDB
316 signal command and the shell kill utility.
318 Wed Oct 6 13:23:01 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
320 * libgdb.texinfo: added `@' to braces that were unescaped.
322 Mon Oct 4 10:42:18 1993 Tom Lord (lord@rtl.cygnus.com)
324 * libgdb.texinfo: new file. Spec for the gdb library.
326 Sun Oct 3 15:26:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
328 * stabs.texinfo (Include Files): Fix typo (start -> end).
330 Thu Sep 30 18:24:56 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
332 * gdb.texinfo, remote.texi: assorted small improvements, mostly
333 from Melissa at FSF's editing pass.
335 Thu Sep 30 11:54:38 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
337 * gdb.texinfo: Remove stuff about ar and 14 character filenames.
338 I believe this was fixed by the 13 Sep 89 change to print_frame_info.
339 Also, modern versions of ar like BSD 4.4 or SVR4 don't have this bug.
341 Wed Sep 22 21:22:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
343 * remote.texi (Bootstrapping): Discuss 386 call gates.
345 Sat Sep 18 17:10:44 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
347 * stabs.texinfo (Based Variables): New node.
349 Thu Sep 16 17:48:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cirdan.cygnus.com)
351 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Re-write discussions of
352 names, sizes, and formats to suggest how not to lose.
354 Sat Sep 11 09:35:11 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@poseidon.cygnus.com)
356 * stabs.texinfo (Methods): Fix typo.
358 Fri Sep 10 06:34:20 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
360 * gdb.texinfo: Fix a few typos.
362 Wed Sep 8 09:11:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
364 * gdb.texinfo: Clarify how well it works with Fortran.
366 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF, Statics, ELF Transformations):
367 More on relocating stabs in ELF files.
369 Tue Sep 7 13:45:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
371 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs In ELF): Talk about N_FUN value.
373 Mon Sep 6 19:23:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
375 * stabs.texinfo (Local Variable Parameters): Talk about nameless
378 Fri Sep 3 17:06:08 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
380 * gdb.texinfo: @up/@down -> @raisesections/@lowersections
382 Fri Sep 3 12:04:15 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
384 * stabs.texinfo: Make info author notice match the TeX author notice.
386 Tue Aug 31 13:21:06 1993 David J. Mackenzie (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
388 * stabs.texinfo: Initial-caps all words in node names and
389 non-trivial words in section names.
391 Mon Aug 30 11:13:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
393 * stabs.texinfo: Many minor cleanups.
395 * stabs.texinfo: Remove @deffn except from Expanded Reference node.
397 Sat Aug 28 12:08:09 1993 David J. MacKenzie (djm@edison.eng.umd.edu)
399 * stabs.texinfo: Remove full description of big example.
400 It's not really helpful; just use pieces of it where appropriate.
401 Add more Texinfo formatting directives (@samp, etc.).
402 Use @deffn to define stab types.
403 Eliminate some wordiness. Break up some nodes.
404 Add an (alphabetized) index of symbol types.
405 Use consistent capitalization style in node and section names.
407 Thu Aug 26 06:36:31 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@deneb.cygnus.com)
409 * gdb.texinfo: Change typo "Two two" to "The two".
411 Sun Aug 22 12:15:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
413 * stabs.texinfo (XCOFF-differences): Remove references to
414 non-existent types N_DECL and N_RPSYM.
416 * stabs.texinfo (String Field): Say that type attributes bug is
417 fixed in GDB 4.10, since it is.
419 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up djm cleanups, and more cleanups of my own.
421 Sat Aug 21 04:32:28 1993 David MacKenzie (djm@cygnus.com)
423 * stabs.texinfo: Formatting cleanups.
425 Fri Aug 20 20:49:53 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
427 * stabs.texinfo: When explaining the n_type of a stab, standardize
428 how we do it ('#' as a comment indicator, "36 is N_FUN" as text,
430 (Global Variables): Clean up.
432 Tue Aug 17 15:57:27 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
434 * stabs.texinfo (Stack Variables): Re-write.
436 Mon Aug 16 21:20:08 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
438 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs-in-elf): Talk about getting the start
439 addresses of a source file. Also revise formatting.
440 Change "object module" or "object file" to "source file".
441 Various: Miscellaneous cleanups.
443 Thu Aug 12 15:11:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
445 * stabs.texinfo: Point to mangling info in gcc's gpcompare.texi.
447 Tue Aug 10 16:57:49 1993 Stan Shebs (shebs@rtl.cygnus.com)
449 * gdbint.texinfo: Removed many nonsensical machine-collected
450 host and target conditionals, described some of the remainder.
452 Tue Aug 10 13:28:30 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
454 * gdbint.texinfo (Getting Started): Use @itemize, not @table.
456 * gdbint.texinfo (Top): Add name to @top line, and re-write the
457 paragraph which follows.
459 * gdbint.texinfo (Host): Use @code not @samp for Makefile
460 variables. Looks better and avoids overful hbox.
462 Fri Jul 30 18:26:21 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
464 * stabs.texinfo (Procedures): Improve stuff on nested functions.
466 Thu Jul 29 15:10:58 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
468 * remote.texi: (MIPS Remote) clearer doc for set/show timeout,
471 Thu Jul 29 13:16:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
473 * gdbint.texinfo: Update statement about `some ancient Unix
474 systems, like Ultrix 4.0' to Ultrix 4.2.
476 Wed Jul 28 15:26:53 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@el_bosque.cygnus.com)
478 * h8-cfg.texi, all-cfg.texi: new flag GDBSERVER
480 * Makefile.in: depend on remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
482 * remote.texi: (Server) New node on gdbserver. (Remote Serial,
483 ST2000 Remote, MIPS Remote): mention `host:port' syntax for TCP.
485 * remote.texi: new name for former gdbinv-s.texi
487 * gdb.texinfo: use remote.texi rather than gdbinv-s.texi
489 Wed Jul 28 08:26:24 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
491 * gdbinv-s.texi: Documented timeout and retransmit-timeout
492 variables for MIPS remote debugging protocol.
494 Mon Jul 26 13:00:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
496 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): FORTRAN LOGICAL fix.
498 Tue Jul 20 16:30:41 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@deneb.cygnus.com)
500 * Makefile.in (refcard.dvi): Use srcdir where necessary.
502 Mon Jul 19 12:02:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@cygnus.com)
504 * gdb.texinfo: repair conditional bugs in text markup
506 Fri Jul 16 18:57:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
508 * gdb.texinfo, all-cfg.texi, h8-cfg.texi: introduce MOD2 switch
509 to select Modula-2 material.
511 Thu Jul 15 13:15:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
513 * stabs.texinfo: Cleanups regarding statics.
515 * gdbinv-s.texi (Bootstrapping): Document exceptionHandler.
516 (Debug Session): Mention exceptionHandler. Add xref to Bootstrapping.
518 Mon Jul 12 13:37:02 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
520 * stabs.texinfo: N_MAIN is sometimes used for C.
522 Fri Jul 9 09:47:02 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
524 * gdbint.texinfo (Host, Target Conditionals): Remove TM_FILE_OVERRIDE.
526 Tue Jul 6 12:41:28 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
528 * gdbint.texinfo (Target Conditionals): Remove NO_TYPEDEFS,
529 removed from the code by Kingdon.
531 Tue Jul 6 12:24:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
533 * gdb.texinfo (Break Commands): Remove stuff about flushing terminal
534 input when evaluating breakpoint conditions; the bug has been fixed.
536 * gdb.texinfo (Continuing and Stepping): Argument to "continue"
537 sets the ignore count to N-1, not to N.
539 Thu Jul 1 14:57:42 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
541 * refcard.tex (\hoffset): correct longstanding error to match
542 intended offset; avoids cutting off edge on some printers
544 Wed Jun 30 18:23:06 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
546 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Say that order of stabs is significant.
548 Fri Jun 25 21:34:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
550 * stabs.texinfo (Common Blocks): Say what Sun FORTRAN does.
552 Fri Jun 25 16:15:10 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
554 * Makefile.in: (REFEDITS) new var to control whether PS or CM
555 fonts and whether US or A4 paper for GDB refcard; (refcard.dvi)
556 collect sed edits if any, apply to refcard before formatting;
557 (refcard.ps) stop implying PS fonts if PS output requested;
558 (lrefcard.ps) delete extra target for variant PS fonts
560 * refcard.tex: parametrize papersize dependent info, collect
561 in easily replaced spot
563 * a4rc.sed: new file, edits to refcard for A4 paper
565 Fri Jun 25 14:21:46 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
567 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Type -16 is 4 bytes.
569 Wed Jun 23 15:02:50 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
571 * stabs.texinfo (Negative Type Numbers): Minor character cleanups.
573 Tue Jun 22 16:31:52 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
575 * stabs.texinfo: Express disapproval of 'D' symbol descriptor
576 politely rather than rudely.
578 Fri Jun 18 19:42:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
580 * stabs.texinfo: Document common blocks.
582 Fri Jun 18 12:12:57 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
584 * stabs.texinfo: Add some basic info about stabs-in-elf.
586 Fri Jun 18 13:57:09 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
588 * stabs.texinfo (Top): Minor cleanup.
590 Mon Jun 14 16:16:51 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at rtl.cygnus.com)
592 * Makefile.in (install-info): remove parentdir support
594 Tue Jun 15 18:11:39 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
596 * gdb.texinfo (Copying): delete this node and references to it;
597 RMS says this manual need not carry GPL. (passim): Improvements
598 from last round at FSF, largely due to Ian Taylor review, and
599 minor formatting improvements.
601 * gdbinv-s.texi (passim): Improvements from last round at FSF,
602 largely due to Ian Taylor review. (Debug Session): minor edits to
605 Sun Jun 13 12:52:39 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
607 * Makefile.in (realclean): Remove info and dvi files too.
609 Sat Jun 12 16:09:22 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
611 * {all,h8}-config.texi: Rename to *-cfg.texi for 14 char filenames.
612 * Makefile.in: Change accordingly. gdb-config.texi -> gdb-cfg.texi.
613 * gdb.texinfo: Change accordingly.
615 * stabs.texinfo: Clean up N_{L,R}BRAC. Discuss what addresses of
616 N_{L,R}BRAC,N_SLINE are relative to.
618 Fri Jun 11 15:15:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
620 * Makefile.in (GDBvn.texi): Update atomically.
622 Wed Jun 9 10:58:16 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
624 * gdbinv-s.texi (Debug Session): Document exceptionHook.
626 Tue Jun 8 13:42:04 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
628 * gdb.texinfo (Print Settings): Move all stuff relating to symbolic
629 addresses together. Also motivate the set print symbol-filename
630 command and suggest other solutions.
632 Tue Jun 1 22:46:43 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
634 * gdb.texinfo (set print elements): Note that the number of
635 elements is set to unlimited by "set print elements 0".
637 Mon May 31 08:06:55 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
639 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Try to clarify what
641 (Stab Types): Include Solaris stab types.
642 (Procedures): Document Solaris extensions.
644 Thu May 27 06:20:42 1993 Peter Schauer (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
646 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print symbol-filename' doc.
648 Wed May 26 00:26:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
650 * stabs.texinfo (Arrays): Talk about type definition vs. type
653 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Talk about omitting
654 the trailing semicolon.
656 Tue May 25 14:49:42 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
658 * stabs.texinfo (Line Numbers, Source Files): Re-write these two nodes
659 and merge in other parts of the document addressing these subjects.
660 gdbint.texinfo (XCOFF): Remove info which is now in stabs.texinfo.
662 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges, Arrays): Try to explain about the semicolon
663 at the end of a range type.
665 * stabs.texinfo (Subranges): "A offset" and "T offset" are not
668 Mon May 24 09:00:33 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
670 * stabs.texinfo (Stabs Format): Misc fixes.
672 Sat May 22 10:40:56 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
674 * stabs.texinfo (Constants): Allow an `e' constant to be non-enum.
675 (Traditional builtin types): Document convex convention for long long.
676 (Negative builtin types): Discuss type names, and misc fixes.
678 Fri May 21 11:20:31 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
680 * stabs.texinfo (Builtin Type Descriptors): Document the floating
681 point types used with @samp{R} type descriptor.
682 (Symbol Descriptors): Describe how to handle conflict between
683 different meanings of @samp{P} symbol descriptor.
685 Thu May 20 13:35:10 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
687 * stabs.texinfo: Remove node Quick Reference and put its children
688 directly under the main menu.
690 * stabs.texinfo: Many more changes to bring it into line with
691 AIX documentation and reality. I think it now has all the
692 information from the AIX documentation, except that I burned
693 out when I got to variant records (Pascal and Modula-2) and
694 all the COBOL types. Oh well, we can add them later when we're
695 worrying more about those languages.
697 * stabs.texinfo (Automatic variables): Talk about what it means
698 to omit the symbol descriptor.
700 Tue May 18 17:59:18 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
702 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Add "(sometimes)" when describing
703 gcc2 behavior with promoted args.
705 Fri May 14 21:35:29 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
707 * gdb.texinfo: include readline appendices in info version of manual
709 Fri May 7 11:56:18 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
711 * gdbinv-s.texi (Remote Serial): describe new ^C behavior in
714 * gdb.texinfo (Machine Code): more index entries for disassemble
716 Fri May 7 10:12:30 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
718 * Clarify the intended use of the gdb-testers and gdb-patches
719 mailing lists, and shrink gzip comment.
721 Thu May 6 16:39:50 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
723 * gdb.texinfo (Shell Commands): do not mention SHELL env var in
724 DOSHOST configuration of manual.
726 * gdb.texinfo (MIPS Stack): new node.
728 * all-config.texi (MIPS) new switch.
730 * gdbinv-s.texi (Nindy Options) Remove two instances of future
731 tense; (MIPS Remote) new node.
733 * gdb.texinfo (passim) rephrases to work around makeinfo @value
734 bug; (Environment) less passive, other small cleanups in text about
735 .cshrc/.bashrc; (Invoking GDB) new MIPS Remote menu entry;
736 (Remote) new MIPS Remote menu entry.
738 Thu Apr 29 09:36:25 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
740 * stabs.texinfo: Many changes to include information from the
743 * gdb.texinfo (Environment): Mention pitfall with .cshrc.
745 Tue Apr 27 14:02:57 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
747 * gdbint.texinfo (new node Debugging GDB, elsewhere):
748 Move a bunch of information from ../README.
749 (Getting Started): New node.
751 Fri Apr 23 17:21:13 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
753 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo: include Hitachi SH target
755 * gdb.texinfo: advance manual revision dates to present
757 * gdbinv-s.texi, gdb.texinfo, all-config.texi, h8-config.texi:
758 stop using silly Roman numerals in @set variable names
760 Fri Apr 23 07:30:01 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
762 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Keep trying to get this right.
764 Wed Apr 21 15:18:47 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
766 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): More on "local parameters".
768 Mon Apr 19 08:00:51 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
770 * stabs.texinfo (Parameters): Re-do "local parameters" section.
772 Sun Apr 18 09:47:45 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
774 * stabs.texinfo (Symbol descriptors): Re-do using @table and @xref.
775 (Parameters): Rewrite.
776 (xcoff-differences, Sun-differences): Minor changes.
778 Thu Apr 15 02:35:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cacophony.cygnus.com)
780 * stabs.texinfo: Minor cleanup.
782 Wed Apr 14 17:31:00 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
784 * gdbint.texinfo: Minor xcoff stuff.
786 Wed Apr 7 14:11:07 1993 Fred Fish (fnf@cygnus.com)
788 * gdbint.texinfo: Update for new config directory structure.
789 Add info about internal type data structures.
791 Mon Apr 5 09:06:30 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
793 * Makefile.in (SFILES_INCLUDED): gdb-config.texi is no longer in
795 (gdb-config.texi): Depend on file in $(srcdir).
797 Fri Apr 2 16:55:13 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
799 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes about N_SO.
801 Fri Mar 26 18:00:35 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
803 * gdb.texinfo: include list of nonstandard init file names
805 * *-config.texi: new switch GENERIC for text that applies *only*
806 to (usual) multiple-target version of manual
808 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: Update conditional markup to correct
811 * gdb.texinfo: depend on latest fixed makeinfo, use conditionals
812 in menus (rather than conditionally selected multiple alternative
815 * Makefile.in: define and use DOC_CONFIG var to select
816 configuration for GDB user manual.
818 * gdb-config.texi: delete from repository, generate from Makefile.
820 * all-config.texi: normal `generic' configuration file, formerly
821 stored as gdb-config.texi
823 Wed Mar 24 14:03:19 1993 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at poseidon.cygnus.com)
825 * Makefile.in: add dvi target to build all .dvi files
827 Tue Mar 23 16:03:24 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
829 * gdb.texinfo, gdvinv-s.texinfo: formatting improvements.
831 Fri Mar 19 21:46:50 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
833 * gdbint.texinfo: Doc NO_MMALLOC and NO_MMALLOC_CHECK as
835 * stabs.texinfo: More array fixes inspired by Jim's.
837 Fri Mar 19 10:23:34 1993 Jim Kingdon (kingdon@cygnus.com)
839 * stabs.texinfo: Fixes re arrays and continuations.
841 * gdbint.texinfo: Add XCOFF node.
843 Mon Mar 8 15:52:18 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
845 * gdb.texinfo: Add `set print max-symbolic-offset' doc.
847 Sun Feb 21 17:09:38 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
849 * stabs.texinfo: Fix for array types to mention lower bounds.
851 Thu Feb 18 01:19:49 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
853 * gdbint.texinfo: Update PTRACE_ARG3_TYPE doc, pull PT_*.
855 Wed Feb 17 08:15:24 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
857 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove SET_STACK_LIMIT_HUGE from target defines.
859 Thu Feb 11 10:38:40 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
861 * gdbint.texinfo: Fix thinko (NM_FILE => NAT_FILE). Found
862 by Michael Ben-Gershon <mybg@CS.HUJI.AC.IL>.
864 Wed Feb 10 23:59:19 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
866 * gdbint.texinfo: Eliminate IBM6000_HOST, document IBM6000_TARGET.
868 Tue Feb 9 18:26:21 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
870 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: misc updates
872 Sat Feb 6 10:25:47 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
874 * gdbint.texinfo: Brief documentation for longjmp support,
875 from an email msg by Stu.
877 Fri Feb 5 14:10:15 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
879 * stabs.texinfo: Fix description of floating point "range"
880 types (which really define basic types). Reported by Jim Meehan,
881 <meehan@src.dec.com>.
883 * gdbint.texinfo: Remove COFF_NO_LONG_FILE_NAMES define, now gone.
885 Thu Feb 4 13:56:46 1993 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
887 * gdbint.texinfo: Slightly expand section on supporting a new
890 Thu Feb 4 01:49:04 1993 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
892 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Remove psref.tex
895 Tue Feb 2 12:18:06 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
897 * gdb.texinfo, gdbinv-s.texi: miscellaneous stylistic cleanups
899 Mon Feb 1 15:35:47 1993 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
901 * gdbinv-s.texi: z8000 simulator target name is just "sim"
903 * gdbinv-s.texi: Mention that Z8000 simulator can simulate Z8001
906 Sat Nov 28 06:51:35 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
908 * gdbint.texinfo: Add sections on clean design and on how to send
911 Mon Nov 9 23:57:02 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
913 * gdbint.texinfo: Add how to declare the result of make_cleanup.
915 Mon Oct 26 11:09:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
917 * gdb.texinfo: Fix typo, reported by Karl Berry.
919 Fri Oct 23 00:41:21 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
921 * gdb.texinfo: Add opcodes dir to GDB distribution description.
923 Sat Oct 10 18:04:58 1992 david d `zoo' zuhn (zoo at cirdan.cygnus.com)
925 * gdbint.texinfo: fixed a stray email address (needs @@),
926 added @table @code to node "Native Conditionals"
928 Tue Sep 22 00:34:15 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
930 * gdbint.texinfo: Describe coding style of GDB.
932 Mon Sep 21 19:32:16 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
934 * stabs.texinfo: Minor wording changes.
936 Tue Sep 15 02:57:09 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
938 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve release doc slightly.
940 Fri Sep 11 01:34:25 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@sphagnum.cygnus.com)
942 * gdbint.texinfo: Improve doc of GDB config macros.
944 Wed Sep 9 16:52:06 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
946 * stabs.texinfo: Remove Bothner's changes for C++ nested types.
947 These will be reinserted when examined.
949 Mon Aug 24 01:17:55 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
951 * gdbint.texinfo: Make a start at documenting all the #if macros
952 in GDB. At least list them all, and start separating them into
953 host-specific and target-specific.
955 Tue Aug 18 15:59:13 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
957 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: refrain from using @cartouche for just a few
958 examples (not consistent w others).
959 gdb.texinfo: issue disclaimer paragraph on cmdline options only
960 for generic vn of doc
962 Tue Aug 18 14:53:27 1992 Ian Lance Taylor (ian@cygnus.com)
964 * Makefile.in: always create installation directories.
966 Tue Aug 18 14:11:50 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
968 * gdb.texinfo: in h8 config, do not describe searching commands.
970 Mon Aug 17 18:07:59 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
972 * gdb.texinfo, none.m4, h8.m4, gdbinv-s.m4.in: improve H8/300
973 conditionals; introduce a few generic switches that may be
974 useful for other cross-dev or dos-hosted configs.
976 * gdb.texinfo: fix typo in "info reg" description
978 Sun Aug 16 01:16:18 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
980 * stabs.texinfo: Minor updates from running TeX over it.
981 * Makefile.in (stabs.dvi, stabs.ps): Add.
983 Sat Aug 15 20:52:24 1992 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com)
985 * stabs.texinfo: Stabs documentation, written by Julia Menapace.
986 First pass at converting it to texinfo.
988 Sat Aug 15 03:14:59 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
990 * gdb.texinfo, refcard.tex: Document mult args on `info reg'.
991 * Makefile.in (refcard.ps, lrefcard.ps): Add missing $(srdir).
993 Fri Aug 14 21:08:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu@cygnus.com)
995 * gdbint.texinfo: Add section on partial symbol tables.
997 Sat Jun 20 16:31:10 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
999 * gdb.texinfo: document `set remotedebug' and `set
1000 rstack_high_address'.
1002 Thu May 14 17:09:48 1992 Roland H. Pesch (pesch@fowanton.cygnus.com)
1004 * gdb.texinfo: slight expansion of new text on reading info files
1005 * gdbinv-s.m4.in: correct and expand info on cross-debugging
1008 Tue May 12 12:22:47 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1010 * gdb.texinfo: `info user' => `show user'. Noticed by David Taylor.
1012 Mon May 11 19:06:27 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1014 * gdb.texinfo: Say how to read the `info' files.
1016 Tue May 5 12:11:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1018 * Makefile.in: gm4 -> m4.
1020 Fri Apr 10 17:50:43 1992 John Gilmore (gnu at rtl.cygnus.com)
1022 * gdb.texinfo: Update for GDB-4.5. Move `Formatting
1023 Documentation' ahead of `Installing GDB' to match README.
1024 Update shared library doc, -readnow and -mapped, and directory
1025 structure (add glob and mmalloc). Update configure doc.
1027 Tue Mar 24 23:28:38 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1029 * Makefile.in: remove $(srcdir) from gdb.info rule.
1031 Sat Mar 7 18:44:50 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@rtl.cygnus.com)
1033 * Makefile.in: commented out gdb-all.texinfo rule. This is
1036 Wed Feb 26 18:04:40 1992 K. Richard Pixley (rich@cygnus.com)
1038 * Makefile.in, configure.in: removed traces of namesubdir,
1039 -subdirs, $(subdir), $(unsubdir), some rcs triggers. Forced
1040 copyrights to '92, changed some from Cygnus to FSF.
1042 Fri Dec 13 09:47:31 1991 John Gilmore (gnu at cygnus.com)
1044 * gdb.texinfo: Improve how we ask for bug reports.
1046 Tue Dec 10 04:07:21 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1048 * Makefile.in: infodir belongs in datadir.
1050 Fri Dec 6 23:57:34 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1052 * Makefile.in: remove spaces following hyphens, bsd make can't
1053 cope. install using INSTALL_DATA. added clean-info. added
1054 standards.text support.
1056 Thu Dec 5 22:46:12 1991 K. Richard Pixley (rich at rtl.cygnus.com)
1058 * Makefile.in: idestdir and ddestdir go away. Added copyrights
1059 and shift gpl to v2. Added ChangeLog if it didn't exist. docdir
1060 and mandir now keyed off datadir by default.
1067 version-control: never