From faae5abe9acd037ad34843efd34304138b7a107f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Cagney Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 02:57:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2004-02-28 Andrew Cagney * NEWS: Refer to GDB 6.1. * README: Refer to GDB 6.1. * PROBLEMS: Refer to GDB 6.1. Index: doc/ChangeLog 2004-02-28 Andrew Cagney * gdb.texinfo (Contributors): Mention GDB 6.1 release engineer. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 6 ++++ gdb/NEWS | 4 ++- gdb/PROBLEMS | 2 +- gdb/README | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 4 +++ gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 2 +- 6 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index dfd8145..1731701 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2004-02-28 Andrew Cagney + + * NEWS: Refer to GDB 6.1. + * README: Refer to GDB 6.1. + * PROBLEMS: Refer to GDB 6.1. + 2004-02-28 Daniel Jacobowitz * thread-db.c (disable_thread_signals): Remove unused function. diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index 5925784..3671288 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ What has changed in GDB? (Organized release by release) -*** Changes since GDB 6.0: +*** Changes since GDB 6.1: + +*** Changes in GDB 6.1: * Removed --with-mmalloc diff --git a/gdb/PROBLEMS b/gdb/PROBLEMS index 9a0127d..d3b4f84 100644 --- a/gdb/PROBLEMS +++ b/gdb/PROBLEMS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - Known problems in GDB 6.0 + Known problems in GDB 6.1 See also: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/ diff --git a/gdb/README b/gdb/README index d2fb8ab..5b60871 100644 --- a/gdb/README +++ b/gdb/README @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - README for gdb-6.0 release - Updated 23th June, 2003 by Andrew Cagney + README for gdb-6.1 release + Updated 29 Febuary, 2004 by Andrew Cagney This is GDB, the GNU source-level debugger. @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Unpacking and Installation -- quick overview In this release, the GDB debugger sources, the generic GNU include files, the BFD ("binary file description") library, the readline library, and other libraries all have directories of their own -underneath the gdb-6.0 directory. The idea is that a variety of GNU +underneath the gdb-6.1 directory. The idea is that a variety of GNU tools can share a common copy of these things. Be aware of variation over time--for example don't try to build gdb with a copy of bfd from a release other than the gdb release (such as a binutils release), @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ Configuration scripts and makefiles exist to cruise up and down this directory tree and automatically build all the pieces in the right order. - When you unpack the gdb-6.0.tar.gz file, you'll find a directory -called `gdb-6.0', which contains: + When you unpack the gdb-6.1.tar.gz file, you'll find a directory +called `gdb-6.1', which contains: COPYING config.sub intl missing opcodes COPYING.LIB configure libiberty mkinstalldirs readline @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ called `gdb-6.0', which contains: You can build GDB right in the source directory: - cd gdb-6.0 + cd gdb-6.1 ./configure make cp gdb/gdb /usr/local/bin/gdb (or wherever you want) @@ -58,25 +58,25 @@ You can build GDB in any empty build directory: mkdir build cd build - /gdb-6.0/configure + /gdb-6.1/configure make cp gdb/gdb /usr/local/bin/gdb (or wherever you want) (Building GDB with DJGPP tools for MS-DOS/MS-Windows is slightly -different; see the file gdb-6.0/gdb/config/djgpp/README for details.) +different; see the file gdb-6.1/gdb/config/djgpp/README for details.) This will configure and build all the libraries as well as GDB. If `configure' can't determine your system type, specify one as its argument, e.g., `./configure sun4' or `./configure decstation'. - Make sure that your 'configure' line ends in 'gdb-6.0/configure': + Make sure that your 'configure' line ends in 'gdb-6.1/configure': - /berman/migchain/source/gdb-6.0/configure # RIGHT - /berman/migchain/source/gdb-6.0/gdb/configure # WRONG + /berman/migchain/source/gdb-6.1/configure # RIGHT + /berman/migchain/source/gdb-6.1/gdb/configure # WRONG The gdb package contains several subdirectories, such as 'gdb', 'bfd', and 'readline'. If your 'configure' line ends in -'gdb-6.0/gdb/configure', then you are configuring only the gdb +'gdb-6.1/gdb/configure', then you are configuring only the gdb subdirectory, not the whole gdb package. This leads to build errors such as: @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ documentation and TeX (or `texi2roff') to typeset the printed version. GDB includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info version of this manual in the `gdb/doc' subdirectory. The main Info file is -`gdb-6.0/gdb/doc/gdb.info', and it refers to subordinate files +`gdb-6.1/gdb/doc/gdb.info', and it refers to subordinate files matching `gdb.info*' in the same directory. If necessary, you can print out these files, or read them with any editor; but they are easier to read using the `info' subsystem in GNU Emacs or the @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Info formatting programs, such as `texinfo-format-buffer' or `makeinfo'. If you have `makeinfo' installed, and are in the top level GDB -source directory (`gdb-6.0', in the case of version 6.0), you can make +source directory (`gdb-6.1', in the case of version 6.1), you can make the Info file by typing: cd gdb/doc @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ the Info file by typing: If you want to typeset and print copies of this manual, you need TeX, a program to print its DVI output files, and `texinfo.tex', the Texinfo definitions file. This file is included in the GDB -distribution, in the directory `gdb-6.0/texinfo'. +distribution, in the directory `gdb-6.1/texinfo'. TeX is a typesetting program; it does not print files directly, but produces output files called DVI files. To print a typeset document, @@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ without any extension or a `.dvi' extension. This file tells TeX how to typeset a document written in Texinfo format. On its own, TeX cannot read, much less typeset a Texinfo file. `texinfo.tex' is distributed with GDB and is located in the -`gdb-6.0/texinfo' directory. +`gdb-6.1/texinfo' directory. If you have TeX and a DVI printer program installed, you can typeset and print this manual. First switch to the the `gdb' subdirectory of -the main source directory (for example, to `gdb-6.0/gdb') and then type: +the main source directory (for example, to `gdb-6.1/gdb') and then type: make doc/gdb.dvi @@ -169,55 +169,55 @@ preparing GDB for installation; you can then use `make' to build the a single directory, whose name is usually composed by appending the version number to `gdb'. - For example, the GDB version 6.0 distribution is in the `gdb-6.0' + For example, the GDB version 6.1 distribution is in the `gdb-6.1' directory. That directory contains: -`gdb-6.0/{COPYING,COPYING.LIB}' +`gdb-6.1/{COPYING,COPYING.LIB}' Standard GNU license files. Please read them. -`gdb-6.0/bfd' +`gdb-6.1/bfd' source for the Binary File Descriptor library -`gdb-6.0/config*' +`gdb-6.1/config*' script for configuring GDB, along with other support files -`gdb-6.0/gdb' +`gdb-6.1/gdb' the source specific to GDB itself -`gdb-6.0/include' +`gdb-6.1/include' GNU include files -`gdb-6.0/libiberty' +`gdb-6.1/libiberty' source for the `-liberty' free software library -`gdb-6.0/mmalloc' +`gdb-6.1/mmalloc' source for the GNU memory-mapped malloc package -`gdb-6.0/opcodes' +`gdb-6.1/opcodes' source for the library of opcode tables and disassemblers -`gdb-6.0/readline' +`gdb-6.1/readline' source for the GNU command-line interface NOTE: The readline library is compiled for use by GDB, but will not be installed on your system when "make install" is issued. -`gdb-6.0/sim' +`gdb-6.1/sim' source for some simulators (ARM, D10V, SPARC, M32R, MIPS, PPC, V850, etc) -`gdb-6.0/intl' +`gdb-6.1/intl' source for the GNU gettext library, for internationalization. This is slightly modified from the standalone gettext distribution you can get from GNU. -`gdb-6.0/texinfo' +`gdb-6.1/texinfo' The `texinfo.tex' file, which you need in order to make a printed manual using TeX. -`gdb-6.0/etc' +`gdb-6.1/etc' Coding standards, useful files for editing GDB, and other miscellanea. -`gdb-6.0/utils' +`gdb-6.1/utils' A grab bag of random utilities. Note: the following instructions are for building GDB on Unix or @@ -226,14 +226,14 @@ MS-DOS/MS-Windows are in the file gdb/config/djgpp/README. The simplest way to configure and build GDB is to run `configure' from the `gdb-VERSION-NUMBER' source directory, which in this example -is the `gdb-6.0' directory. +is the `gdb-6.1' directory. First switch to the `gdb-VERSION-NUMBER' source directory if you are not already in it; then run `configure'. For example: - cd gdb-6.0 + cd gdb-6.1 ./configure make @@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ you may need to run `sh' on it explicitly: sh configure If you run `configure' from a directory that contains source -directories for multiple libraries or programs, such as the `gdb-6.0' -source directory for version 6.0, `configure' creates configuration +directories for multiple libraries or programs, such as the `gdb-6.1' +source directory for version 6.1, `configure' creates configuration files for every directory level underneath (unless you tell it not to, with the `--norecursion' option). @@ -258,10 +258,10 @@ with the `--norecursion' option). directories in the GDB distribution, if you only want to configure that subdirectory; but be sure to specify a path to it. - For example, with version 6.0, type the following to configure only + For example, with version 6.1, type the following to configure only the `bfd' subdirectory: - cd gdb-6.0/bfd + cd gdb-6.1/bfd ../configure You can install `gdb' anywhere; it has no hardwired paths. However, @@ -290,13 +290,13 @@ directory. If the path to `configure' would be the same as the argument to `--srcdir', you can leave out the `--srcdir' option; it will be assumed.) - For example, with version 6.0, you can build GDB in a separate + For example, with version 6.1, you can build GDB in a separate directory for a Sun 4 like this: - cd gdb-6.0 + cd gdb-6.1 mkdir ../gdb-sun4 cd ../gdb-sun4 - ../gdb-6.0/configure + ../gdb-6.1/configure make When `configure' builds a configuration using a remote source @@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ called `configure' (or one of its subdirectories). The `Makefile' that `configure' generates in each source directory also runs recursively. If you type `make' in a source directory such -as `gdb-6.0' (or in a separate configured directory configured with -`--srcdir=PATH/gdb-6.0'), you will build all the required libraries, +as `gdb-6.1' (or in a separate configured directory configured with +`--srcdir=PATH/gdb-6.1'), you will build all the required libraries, and then build GDB. When you have multiple hosts or targets configured in separate @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ you can use it to test your guesses on abbreviations--for example: Invalid configuration `i786v': machine `i786v' not recognized `config.sub' is also distributed in the GDB source directory -(`gdb-6.0', for version 6.0). +(`gdb-6.1', for version 6.1). `configure' options @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ As an alternative, the bug report can be submitted, via e-mail, to the address "bug-gdb@gnu.org". When submitting a bug, please include the GDB version number (e.g., -gdb-6.0), and how you configured it (e.g., "sun4" or "mach386 host, +gdb-6.1), and how you configured it (e.g., "sun4" or "mach386 host, i586-intel-synopsys target"). Since GDB now supports so many different configurations, it is important that you be precise about this. If at all possible, you should include the actual banner that @@ -546,17 +546,17 @@ ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/dejagnu/ will contain a recent snapshot. Once DejaGNU is installed, you can run the tests in one of the following ways: - (1) cd gdb-6.0 + (1) cd gdb-6.1 make check-gdb or - (2) cd gdb-6.0/gdb + (2) cd gdb-6.1/gdb make check or - (3) cd gdb-6.0/gdb/testsuite + (3) cd gdb-6.1/gdb/testsuite make site.exp (builds the site specific file) runtest -tool gdb GDB=../gdb (or GDB= as appropriate) diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 47f6e7c..6fbd766 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2004-02-28 Andrew Cagney + + * gdb.texinfo (Contributors): Mention GDB 6.1 release engineer. + 2004-02-26 Jeff Johnston * gdb.texinfo (breakpoints): Add information about the diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 06b4aa1..77b96a0 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ omitted from this list, we would like to add your names! So that they may not regard their many labors as thankless, we particularly thank those who shepherded @value{GDBN} through major releases: -Andrew Cagney (releases 6.0, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1 and 5.0); +Andrew Cagney (releases 6.1, 6.0, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1 and 5.0); Jim Blandy (release 4.18); Jason Molenda (release 4.17); Stan Shebs (release 4.14); -- 2.7.4