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| 03-Oct-2013 |
christos <christos@NetBSD.org> |
Import gdb 7.6.1
News from: http://sourceware.org/gdb/news:
August 30th, 2013: GDB 7.6.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 7.6.1, is available for download.
This is a minor corrective re
Import gdb 7.6.1
News from: http://sourceware.org/gdb/news:
August 30th, 2013: GDB 7.6.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 7.6.1, is available for download.
This is a minor corrective release over GDB 7.6, fixing the following issues:
PR tdep/15420 (Cannot debug threaded programs on newer versions of x86-solaris - Solaris 10, Update 10 or later)
PR remote/15455 (QTro remote packet broken)
PR build/15476 (Build failure due to incomplete enum type in utils.h)
PR server/15594 (tls support in 64x32 x86 gdbserver doesn't extend address to 64 bit)
PR server/15075 (dprintf inteferes with "next")
PR server/15434 (dprintf uses a synchronous 'continue' even in non-stop mode)
PR tui/14880 (In split register layouts, up results in assertion failure in value.c)
PR c++/15519 (GDB 7.6 is 94x slower than GDB 7.5.1 using a certain core file)
PR gdb/15837 (GDB prints entry values for local variables)
PR gdb/15415 (gdb resolves symbolic links when passing argv[0])
PR cli/15603 (CTRL-C can no longer interrupt inferior)
PR gdb/15604 (gdbserver socket leak 7.5 regression)
April 26th, 2013: GDB 7.6 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 7.6, is available for download.
Changes in this release include:
New native configurations (ARM AArch64 GNU/Linux, FreeBSD/powerpc, 86_64/Cygwin and Tilera TILE-Gx GNU/Linux)
New target configurations (ARM AArch64, ARM AArch64 GNU/Linux, Lynx 178 PowerPC, x86_64/Cygwin, and Tilera TILE-Gx GNU/Linux)
Support for the "mini debuginfo" section, .gnu_debugdata
The C++ ABI now defaults to the GNU v3 ABI
More Python scripting improvements
Some GDB/MI improvements
New configure options, new commands, and options
New remote packets
A new "target record-btrace" has been added while the "target record" command has been renamed to "target record-full"
See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this release includes.
March 12th, 2013: GDB 7.6 branch created
The GDB 7.6 branch (gdb_7_6-branch) has been created. To check out a copy of the branch use:
cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co -r gdb_7_6-branch gdb
November 29th, 2012: GDB 7.5.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 7.5.1, is available for download.
This is a minor corrective release over GDB 7.5, fixing the following issues:
An "Attempt to dereference a generic pointer" errors (-var-create).
Backtrace problems on x32 (PR backtrace/14646).
next/step/finish problems on x32 (PR gdb/14647).
A "malformed linespec error: unexpected keyword, [...]" error (PR breakpoints/14643).
GDB crash while stepping through powerpc (32bits) code.
A failed assertion in linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx.
A "!frame_id_inlined_p (frame_id)" failed assertion.
A "No more reverse-execution history." error during reverse "next" execution (PR 14548).
Incomplete command descriptions in "apropos" output.
PR gdb/14494 (a GDB crash difficult to characterize).
Various build warnings.
August 17th, 2012: GDB 7.5 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 7.5, is available for download.
Changes in this release include:
Go language support.
New targets (x32 ABI, microMIPS, Renesas RL78, HP OpenVMS ia64).
More Python scripting improvements.
SDT (Static Defined Tracing) probes support with SystemTap probes.
GDBserver improvements (stdio connections, target-side evaluation of breakpoint conditions, remote protocol improvements).
Other miscellaneous improvements (ability to stop when a shared library is loaded/unloaded, dynamic printf, etc).
Reverse debugging on ARM.
The binary "gdbtui" has been abandoned and can no longer be built. Use "gdb -tui" instead.
See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this release includes.
July 17th, 2012: GDB 7.5 branch created
The GDB 7.5 branch (gdb_7_5-branch) has been created. To check out a copy of the branch use:
cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co -r gdb_7_5-branch gdb
April 26th, 2012: GDB 7.4.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 7.4.1, is available for download.
This is a minor corrective release over GDB 7.4, fixing the following issues:
[GDB/MI] Error when resuming program execution in all-stop mode ("Cannot execute this command without a live selected thread").
[Pascal] Polluted display of class methods parameters.
[target remote] Errror when connecting to remote target where disconnected tracing is in effect.
[AVX] Float and ymm* register values not available.
[GDB] Crash when using the "finish" command.
[build] makeinfo should not be required to build GDB.
January 24th, 2012: GDB 7.4 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 7.4, is available for download.
Changes in this release include:
Many Python scripting improvements
Better support for ambiguous linespecs
Masked watchpoints
Tracepoint support improvements
Support for Texas Instruments TMS320C6x (tic6x-*-*)
A Renesas RL78 simulator (rl78-*-elf)
Some minor Remote protocol extensions and GDB/MI changes
See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this release includes. Note that the gdbtui binary is deprecated, starting with GDB 7.5. Use "gdb -tui" instead.
January 9, 2012: Extensibility support using Guile
GDB ought to support extensibility using Guile, the GNU extensibility package (an implementation of Scheme). We are looking for people to write the code to interface the two. Please write to gdb-patches AT sourceware DOT org if you are interested.
December 13, 2011: GDB 7.4 branch created
The GDB 7.4 branch (gdb_7_4-branch) has been created. To check out a copy of the branch use:
cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co -r gdb_7_4-branch gdb
September 30, 2011: Release Mistakes in GDB Versions 6.0 - 7.3
A mistake has been detected in the release tar files for all GDB releases from version 6.0 to version 7.3 (included). The mistake has been corrected, and the FSF issued the following announcements:
Making up for a release mistake in GDB versions 6.0 - 6.6
Making up for a release mistake in GDB versions 6.7 - 7.3
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