Import head of gdb as of 2020-09-14 requested by Kamil

2020-07-24 Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com>

* configure: Rebuild.
* configure.ac: Remove AC_DEBUGINFOD.

2020-07-04 Nick Clifton <nickc@r

Import head of gdb as of 2020-09-14 requested by Kamil

2020-07-24 Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com>

* configure: Rebuild.
* configure.ac: Remove AC_DEBUGINFOD.

2020-07-04 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

Binutils 2.35 branch created.

2020-04-21 Stephen Casner <casner@acm.org>

PR 25830
* configure.ac (noconfigdirs): Exclude gdb & gprof for pdp11.
* configure: Rebuild.

2020-03-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* Makefile.in: Rebuild.
* Makefile.def (gdbserver): Depend on gdbsupport.

2020-03-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* Makefile.in: Rebuild.
* Makefile.def (gdbsupport): Don't depend on bfd.

2020-03-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* Makefile.in: Rebuild.
* Makefile.def (gdbsupport): Depend on intl.

2020-02-17 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* configure: Rebuild.
* configure.ac (configdirs): Add gnulib and gdbsupport when building
gdbserver.

2020-02-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* Makefile.in: Rebuild.
* Makefile.def: Make gdbserver require gnulib and libiberty.

2020-02-07 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>

* src-release.sh (GDB_SUPPORT_DIRS): Add gdbserver.
* gdbserver: New directory, moved from gdb/gdbserver.
* configure.ac (host_tools): Add gdbserver.
Only build gdbserver on certain systems.
* Makefile.in, configure: Rebuild.
* Makefile.def (host_modules, dependencies): Add gdbserver.
* MAINTAINERS: Add gdbserver.

2020-01-28 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>

* src-release.sh (getver): Look for gdbsupport's
create-version.sh script at the current directory if tool is
"gdb".

2020-01-19 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>

* remote-sim.c (gdbsim_target::wait): Return
sim_data->remote_sim_ptid instead of inferior_ptid.

2020-01-18 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

Binutils 2.34 branch created.

2020-01-18 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

Synchronize top level configure files with master version:

2020-01-01 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.guess: Update copyright years.
* config.sub: Likewise.

2019-12-21 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.guess (set_cc_for_build): Prevent multiple calls by
checking if $tmp is already set. We can't check CC_FOR_BUILD as
the user may set it externally. Thanks to Torbjörn Granlund for
the bug report.

2019-12-21 Torbjörn Granlund <tg@gmplib.org>

* config.guess (alpha:Linux:*:*): Guard against missing
/proc/cpuinfo by redirecting standard error to /dev/null.

2019-09-12 Daniel Bittman <danielbittman1@gmail.com>

* config.guess (*:Twizzler:*:*): New.
* config.sub (-twizzler*): New.

2019-07-24 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.guess (mips:OSF1:*.*): Whitespace cleanup.

2019-06-30 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.sub (case $os): Match nsk* and powerunix. Don't later
match nsk* and set os=nsk which removes the OS version number.

2019-06-30 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.sub: Recognise os108*.

2019-06-26 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.sub (hp300): Set $os to hpux.

2019-06-26 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.sub (vsta): Move into alphabetical order.

2019-06-10 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.guess (*:OS108:*:*): Recognise new OS.

2019-05-28 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.guess (*:Darwin:*:*): Run xcode-select to determine if a
system compiler is installed. If not, do not run set_cc_for_build,
as the default cc will open a dialog box asking to install
Xcode. If no C compiler is available, guess based on uname -p and
uname -m.

2019-05-28 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>

* config.guess (*:Darwin:*:*): Simplify UNAME_PROCESSOR.

2020-01-17 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

* Makefile.def: Add dependencies of all-gdbsupport on all-bfd.
* Makefile.in: Re-generate.

2020-01-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* src-release.sh (GDB_SUPPORT_DIRS): Add gdbsupport.
* MAINTAINERS: Add gdbsupport.
* configure: Rebuild.
* configure.ac (configdirs): Add gdbsupport.
* gdbsupport: New directory, move from gdb/gdbsupport.
* Makefile.def (host_modules, dependencies): Add gnulib.
* Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2020-01-09 Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com>

* config/debuginfod.m4: New file. Add macro AC_DEBUGINFOD. Adds
new configure option --with-debuginfod.
* configure: Regenerate.
* configure.ac: Call AC_DEBUGINFOD.

2019-12-26 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>

* .gitignore: Add perf.data and perf.data.old.

2019-10-17 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>

* src-release.sh (GDB_SUPPORT_DIRS): Add libctf.

2019-10-17 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>

PR 29
* src-release.sh (getver): Replace "head -1" with "head -n 1".

2019-07-30 Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

* Makefile.def (host_modules): libctf is no longer no_install.
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2019-07-13 Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

* Makefile.def (dependencies): all-ld depends on all-libctf.
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2019-09-09 Phil Blundell <pb@pbcl.net>

binutils 2.33 branch created

2019-08-19 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* configure: Rebuild.
* configure.ac: Add --with-static-standard-libraries.

2019-08-09 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

* libiberty: Sync with gcc. Bring in:
2019-08-08 Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>

PR bootstrap/91352
* lrealpath.c (is_valid_fd): New function.

2019-07-24 Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>

PR lto/91228
* simple-object-elf.c (simple_object_elf_copy_lto_debug_sections):
Find first '\0' starting from gnu_lto + 1.

2019-07-12 Ren Kimura <rkx1209dev@gmail.com>

* simple-object-elf.c (simple_object_elf_match): Check zero value shstrndx.
This fixes a Bug 90924.

2019-07-22 Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>

* simple-object-elf.c (simple_object_elf_copy_lto_debug_sections):
Do not search for gnu_lto_v1, but search for first '\0'.

2019-07-18 Eduard-Mihai Burtescu <eddyb@lyken.rs>

* cplus-dem.c: Include rust-demangle.h.
* rust-demangle.c: Include rust-demangle.h.
* rust-demangle.h: New file.

2019-05-31 Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>

* cp-demangle.c: Don't define CP_DYNAMIC_ARRAYS if __STDC_NO_VLA__
is non-zero.

2019-04-30 Ben L <bobsayshilol@live.co.uk>

* d-demangle.c (dlang_parse_assocarray): Correctly handle error result.
* testsuite/d-demangle-expected: Add testcase.

* d-demangle.c (dlang_parse_tuple): Correctly handle error result.
* testsuite/d-demangle-expected: Add testcase.

* d-demangle.c (dlang_parse_structlit): Correctly handle error result.
* testsuite/d-demangle-expected: Add testcase.

* d-demangle.c (dlang_parse_arrayliteral): Correctly handle error result.
* testsuite/d-demangle-expected: Add testcase.

* d-demangle.c (dlang_parse_integer): Fix stack underflow.
* testsuite/d-demangle-expected: Add testcase.

* cp-demangle (d_print_comp_inner): Guard against a NULL 'typed_name'.
* testsuite/demangle-expected: Add testcase.

* cp-demangle.c (d_encoding): Guard against NULL return values from
d_right (dc).
* testsuite/demangle-expected: Add testcase.

2019-04-29 Ben L <bobsayshilol@live.co.uk>

* cp-demangle.c (d_expression_1): Don't peek ahead unless the current
char is valid.
* testsuite/demangle-expected: Add testcase.

2019-04-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

PR 89394
* cp-demangle.c (cplus_demangle_fill_name): Reject negative
lengths.
(d_count_templates_scopes): Replace num_templates and num_scopes
parameters with a struct d_print_info pointer parameter. Adjust
body of the function accordingly. Add recursion counter and check
that the recursion limit is not reached.
(d_print_init): Pass dpi parameter to d_count_templates_scopes.
Reset recursion counter afterwards, unless the recursion limit was
reached.

2019-07-13 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>

* src-release (getver): If $tool/gdbsupport/create-version.sh
exists, use that to determine the version number.

2019-06-21 Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>

* src-release.sh (GDB_SUPPORT_DIRS): Add gnulib.

2019-06-14 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>

* MAINTAINERS: Add gnulib.
* gnulib: New directory, move from gdb/gnulib.
* configure.ac (host_libs): Add gnulib.
* configure: Rebuild.
* Makefile.def (host_modules, dependencies): Add gnulib.
* Makefile.in: Rebuild.

2019-06-03 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

Revert:
2019-05-29 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

* configure.ac (noconfigdirs): Add libctf if the target does not use
the ELF file format.
* configure: Regenerate.

2019-05-29 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

* src-release.sh (do_proto_toplev): Add libctf to list of
directories that can be disabled.

2019-05-29 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

* configure.ac (noconfigdirs): Add libctf if the target does not use
the ELF file format.
* configure: Regenerate.

2019-05-28 Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

* Makefile.def (dependencies): configure-libctf depends on all-bfd
and all its deps.
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2019-05-28 Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

* MAINTAINERS: Add libctf.

2019-05-28 Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

* Makefile.def (host_modules): Add libctf.
* Makefile.def (dependencies): Likewise.
libctf depends on zlib, libiberty, and bfd.
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
* configure.ac (host_libs): Add libctf.
* configure: Regenerated.

2019-05-23 Jose E. Marchesi <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>

* config.guess: Synchronize with config project master sources.
* config.sub: Likewise.
* readline/support/config.guess: Likewise.
* readline/support/config.sub: Likewise.

2019-04-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

* libiberty: Sync with gcc. Bring in:
2019-04-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

PR 89394
* cp-demangle.c (cplus_demangle_fill_name): Reject negative
lengths.
(d_count_templates_scopes): Replace num_templates and num_scopes
parameters with a struct d_print_info pointer parameter. Adjust
body of the function accordingly. Add recursion counter and check
that the recursion limit is not reached.
(d_print_init): Pass dpi parameter to d_count_templates_scopes.
Reset recursion counter afterwards, unless the recursion limit was
reached.

2018-06-24 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

2.32 branch created.

2019-01-14 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>

Merge from GCC:
PR target/88535
* config.guess: Import upstream version 2019-01-03.
* config.sub: Import upstream version 2019-01-01.

2019-01-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>

* libiberty: Sync with gcc. Bring in:
2019-01-09 Sandra Loosemore <sandra@codesourcery.com>

PR other/16615

* cp-demangle.c: Mechanically replace "can not" with "cannot".
* floatformat.c: Likewise.
* strerror.c: Likewise.

2018-12-22 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>

Remove support for demangling GCC 2.x era mangling schemes.
* cplus-dem.c: Remove cplus_mangle_opname, cplus_demangle_opname,
internal_cplus_demangle, and all subroutines.
(libiberty_demanglers): Remove entries for ancient GNU (pre-3.0),
Lucid, ARM, HP, and EDG demangling styles.
(cplus_demangle): Remove 'work' variable. Don't call
internal_cplus_demangle.

2019-01-03 Дилян Палаузов <dilyan.palauzov@aegee.org>

* configure.ac: Don't configure readline if --with-system-readline is
used.
* configure: Re-generate.

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May 11th, 2019: GDB 8.3 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 8.3, is available for
download.

This version of GDB includes the following changes and
en

May 11th, 2019: GDB 8.3 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 8.3, is available for
download.

This version of GDB includes the following changes and
enhancements:

+ Support for new native configurations (also available as a
target configuration):
o RISC-V GNU/Linux (riscv*-*-linux*)
o RISC-V FreeBSD (riscv*-*-freebsd*)
+ Support for new target configurations:
o CSKY ELF (csky*-*-elf)
o CSKY GNU/Linux (csky*-*-linux)
o NXP S12Z ELF (s12z-*-elf)
o OpenRISC GNU/Linux (or1k*-*-linux*)
+ Native Windows debugging is only supported on Windows XP or
later.
+ The Python API in GDB now requires Python 2.6 or later.
+ GDB now supports terminal styling for the CLI and TUI. Source
highlighting is also supported by building GDB with GNU
Highlight.
+ Experimental support for compilation and injection of C++
source code into the inferior (requires GCC 7.1 or higher,
built with libcp1.so).
+ GDB and GDBserver now support IPv6 connections.
+ Target description support on RISC-V targets.
+ Various enhancements to several commands:
o "frame", "select-frame" and "info frame" commands
o "info functions", "info types", "info variables"
o "info thread"
o "info proc"
o System call alias catchpoint support on FreeBSD
o "target remote" support for Unix Domain sockets.
+ Support for displaying all files opened by a process

+ DWARF index cache: GDB can now automatically save indices of
DWARF symbols on disk to speed up further loading of the same
binaries.
+ Various GDB/MI enhancements.
+ GDBserver on PowerPC GNU/Linux now supports access to the PPR,
DSCR, TAR, EBB/PMU, and HTM registers.
+ Ada task switching support when debugging programs built with
the Ravenscar profile added to aarch64-elf.
+ GDB in batch mode now exits with status 1 if the last executed
command failed.
+ Support for building GDB with GCC's Undefined Behavior
Sanitizer.

See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what
this release includes.

February 27th, 2019: GDB 8.3 branch created
The GDB 8.3 branch (gdb-8.3-branch) has been created. To check
out a copy of the branch use:

git clone --branch gdb-8.3-branch ssh://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

December 23rd, 2018: GDB 8.2.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 8.2.1, is available for
download.

This is a minor corrective release over GDB 8.2, fixing the
following issues:

+ PR build/23516 (gdb build error under msys+mingw: strip can't
handle gdb-add-index.exe)
+ PR build/23623 (install-strip fails)
+ PR rust/23626 (gdb crashes in upstream rust nil-enum test)
+ PR rust/23650 (rust field name access error mentions "foo")
+ PR gdb/23663 (gdb 8.1.1: undefined rpl_stat function with musl
toolchains)
+ PR python/23669 (gdb.execute("show commands") doesn't work)
+ PR python/23714 (Command repetition stops working after
gdb.execute)
+ PR gdb/23838 (8.2 regression for invalid -data-directory)
+ PR gdb/23974 ("info os" crash when specifying invalid object)
+ PR gdb/23999 (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE assertion failure on AIX)
+ PR gdb/24003 (Error when binary searching CUs for a specific
DIE when using DWZ)

September 5th, 2018: GDB 8.2 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 8.2, is available for
download.

This version of GDB includes the following changes and
enhancements:

+ Support for the following target has been added:
o RiscV ELF (riscv*-*-elf)
+ Support for following targets and native configurations has
been removed:
o m88k running OpenBSD (m88*-*-openbsd*)
o SH-5/SH64 ELF (sh64-*-elf*)
o SH-5/SH64 (sh*)
o SH-5/SH64 running GNU/Linux (sh*-*-linux*)
o SH-5/SH64 running OpenBSD (sh*-*-openbsd*)
+ Various Python API enhancements
+ Aarch64/Linux enhancements:
o SVE support.
o Hardware watchpoints improvements for entities stored at
unaligned addresses.
# New "c" response to disable the pager for the rest
of the current command.
# C expressions can now use _Alignof, and C++
expressions can now use alignof.
# Improved flexibility for loading symbol files.
# The 'info proc' command nows works on running
processes on FreeBSD systems as well as core files
created on FreeBSD systems.
# A new --enable-codesign=CERT configure option to
automatically codesign GDB after build (useful on
MacOS X).
See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list
of what this release includes.

July 31st, 2018: GDB 8.1.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 8.1.1, is available
for download.
This is a minor corrective release over GDB 8.1, fixing
the following issues:
# PR gdb/22824 (misleading description of new rbreak
Python function in GDB 8.1 NEWS file)
# PR gdb/22849 (ctrl-c doesn't work in
extended-remote)
# PR gdb/22907 ([Regression] gdbserver doesn't work
with filename-only binaries)
# PR gdb/23028 (inconsistent disassemble of vcvtpd2dq)
# PR gdb/23053 (Fix -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG gdb-add-index
regression)
# PR gdb/23127 ([AArch64] GDB cannot be used for
debugging software that uses high Virtual Addresses)
# PR server/23158 (gdbserver no longer functional on
Windows)
# PR breakpoints/23210 ([8.1/8.2 Regression] Bogus
Breakpoint address adjusted from 0xf7fe7dd3 to
0xfffffffff7fe7dd3)

July 4th, 2018: GDB 8.2 branch created
The GDB 8.2 branch (gdb-8.2-branch) has been created. To
check out a copy of the branch use:
git clone --branch gdb-8.2-branch ssh://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

January 31st, 2018: GDB 8.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 8.1, is available for
download.
Changes in this release include:
# Breakpoints on C++ functions are now set on all
scopes by default ("wild" matching);
# Support for inserting breakpoints on functions
marked with C++ ABI tags;
# Target floating-point arithmetic emulation during
expression evaluation (requires MPFR 3.1 or later);
# Various Python Scripting enhancements;
# Improved Rust support; in particular, Trait objects
can now be inspected when debugging Rust code;
# GDB no longer makes assumptions about the type of
symbols without debugging information to avoid
producing erroneous and often confusing results;
# The 'enable' and 'disable' commands now accept a
range of breakpoint locations;
# New 'starti' command to start the program at the
first instruction;
# New 'rbreak' command to insert a number of
breakpoints via a regular expression pattern
(requires Python);
# The 'ptype' command now supports printing the offset
and size of the fields in a struct;
# The 'gcore' command now supports dumping all the
memory mappings ('-a' command-line option);
# New shortcuts for TUI Single-Key mode: 'i' for
stepi, and 'o' for nexti;
# GDBserver enhancements:
@ Support for transmitting environment variables
to GDBserver;
@ Support for starting inferior processes with a
specified initial working directory;
@ On Unix systems, support for globbing expansion
and variable substitution of inferior
command-line arguments;
# Various completion enhancements;
# The command used to compile and inject code with the
'compile' command is now configurable;
# New '--readnever' command-line option to speed the
GDB startup when debugging information is not
needed;
# Support for the following new native configurations:
@ FreeBSD/aarch64 (aarch64*-*-freebsd*);
@ FreeBSD/arm (arm*-*-freebsd*);
# Support for the following new targets:
@ FreeBSD/aarch64 (aarch64*-*-freebsd*);
@ FreeBSD/arm (arm*-*-freebsd*);
@ OpenRISC ELF (or1k*-*-elf)
# Removed support for the following targets and native
configurations:
@ Solaris2/x86 (i?86-*-solaris2.[0-9]);
@ Solaris2/sparc (sparc*-*-solaris2.[0-9]);
See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list
of what this release includes.

January 5th, 2018: GDB 8.1 branch created
The GDB 8.1 branch (gdb-8.1-branch) has been created. To
check out a copy of the branch use:
git clone --branch gdb-8.1-branch ssh://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

November 1st, 2017: Debugging Tools Devroom at FOSDEM 2018
We will have a Debugging Tools Devroom at FOSDEM 2018.
The Call for Participation has recently been announced.
The Devroom is on the first of the two FOSDEM days, on
Saturday 3 Feb 2018. See you all at FOSDEM in Brussels!

September 7th, 2017: GDB 8.0.1 Released!
The latest version of GDB, version 8.0.1, is available
for download.
This is a minor corrective release over GDB 8.0, fixing
the following issues:
# PR breakpoint/21886 (Compressed MIPS code debugging
impossible due to memory breakpoint misplacement)
# PR symtab/22002 (Assertion on debuggee built with
-gdwarf-5 -fdebug-types-section)
GDB News (p6 of 30)
# PR symtab/22003 (Incompatibility with -gdwarf-5 -
DW_FORM_implicit_const)
# PR gdb/22046 (Regression on older kernels for T
(stopped) processes)
# PR sim/20863 (gdb-7.12 powerpc-rtems4.12-gdb does
not build on FreeBSD)
# PR breakpoint/21555 ("error re-setting breakpoint"
on PIE executables)
# PR tdep/21717 ("print $fpscr" says "" until some VFP
data register is printed)
# PR exp/21827 (Regression: gdb command lookup became
case-sensitive; but definitions are forced into
lowercase)
# PR remote/22021 (Multi-arch exec fails with a remote
target)

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Import gdb-8.0.1

import gdb-7.12

import new gdb

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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