- GDB 9.1 released!
+ GDB 9.2 released!
-Release 9.1 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available. GDB is
+Release 9.2 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available. GDB is
a source-level debugger for Ada, C, C++, Go, Rust, and many other
languages. GDB can target (i.e., debug programs running on)
more than a dozen different processor architectures, and GDB itself
The vital stats:
Size md5sum Name
- 21MiB f7e9f6236c425097d9e5f18a6ac40655 gdb-9.1.tar.xz
- 38MiB b6f0807334c273c78fd17df0f9b1c13a gdb-9.1.tar.gz
+ 21MiB db95524e554870209ab7d9f8fd8dc557 gdb-9.2.tar.xz
+ 38MiB 3899ef01c672b19ec63ced445b8abc42 gdb-9.2.tar.gz
There is a web page for GDB at:
on-line as any problems come up. All mailing lists archives are also
browsable via the web.
+GDB 9.2 brings the following fixes and enhancements over GDB 9.1:
+
+ * PR tui/25586 (Resizing the source/disassembly or command window produces corrupted display)
+ * PR gdb/25650 (GDB can't 'printf' a convenience variable holding an inferior address)
+ * PR build/25981 (Use of short i386 register names breaks compilation on recent Solaris 11.4)
+ * PR symtab/26003 (infinite loop loading symbols from separate debug objfile)
+ * PR build/26029 (GDB build failure on SPARC)
+
GDB 9.1 includes the following changes and enhancements:
* Building GDB and GDBserver now requires GNU make >= 3.82.
For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the gdb/NEWS
file, available at:
-https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=gdb-9.1-release
+https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob_plain;f=gdb/NEWS;hb=gdb-9.2-release
<li> Rust</li>
</ul>
-<h3>GDB version 9.1</h3>
+<h3>GDB version 9.2</h3>
-Version <a href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">9.1</a> of GDB, the GNU
+Version <a href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">9.2</a> of GDB, the GNU
Debugger, is now available for <a
href="../gdb/download/">download</a>. See the <a
href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a> for details
-->
+<dt>May 23rd, 2020: <b>GDB 9.2 Released!</b></dt>
+<dd>
+<p> The latest version of GDB, version 9.2, is available for <a
+href="../gdb/download/">download</a>.
+<p>
+This is a minor corrective release over GDB 9.1, fixing the following
+issues:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25586">PR tui/25586</a> (Resizing the source/disassembly or command window produces corrupted display)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25650">PR gdb/25650</a> (GDB can't 'printf' a convenience variable holding an inferior address)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25981">PR build/25981</a> (Use of short i386 register names breaks compilation on recent Solaris 11.4)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26003">PR symtab/26003</a> (infinite loop loading symbols from separate debug objfile)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26029">PR build/26029</a> (GDB build failure on SPARC)
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+</dd>
+
<dt>February 8th, 2020: <b>GDB 9.1 Released!</b></dt>
<dd>
<p> The latest version of GDB, version 9.1, is available for <a
<p>
</dd>
-<dt>September 20th, 2019: <b>GDB 8.3.1 Released!</b></dt>
-<dd>
-<p> The latest version of GDB, version 8.3.1, is available for <a
-href="../gdb/download/">download</a>.
-<p>
-This is a minor corrective release over GDB 8.3, fixing the following
-issues:
-<ul>
-
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20020">PR c++/20020</a> (GDB segfault on printing objects)
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24454">PR gdb/24454</a> (nat/x86-linux-dregs.c:146: internal-error: void x86_linux_update_debug_registers(lwp_info*): Assertion `lwp_is_stopped (lwp)' failed)
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24541">PR breakpoints/24541</a> (Incorrect evaluation of systemtap probes due to register being signed and probe expression assuming unsigned)
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24545">PR symtab/24545</a> (Symbol loading performance regression with cc1)
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24592">PR gdb/24592</a> (amd64->i386 linux syscall restart problem)
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25009">PR gdb/25009</a> (terminate called after throwing an instance of 'srchilite::ParserException')
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25010">PR gdb/25010</a> (Calls to error () can cause SIGTTOU to send gdb to the background)
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25011">PR breakpoints/25011</a> (Breakpoints on file reloads broken for PIE binaries)
-</ul>
-
-This corrective release also brings the following testsuite fixes and
-enhancements:
-
-<ul>
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25005">PR testsuite/25005</a> (gdb-caching-proc.exp takes a lot of time on skip_opencl_tests)
-<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25016">PR testsuite/25016</a> (Test-case failures for -pie)
-</ul>
-
-<dt>September 30, 2011: <b>Release Mistakes in GDB Versions 6.0 - 7.3</b></dt>
-<dd>
-<p> 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:
-<ul>
-<li> <a href="http://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2011-09/msg00135.html">
- Making up for a release mistake in GDB versions 6.0 - 6.6</a>
-<li> <a href=http://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2011-09/msg00136.html>
- Making up for a release mistake in GDB versions 6.7 - 7.3</a>
-</ul>
-<p>
-</dd>
-
<dt>Nov 28, 2006: <b>Reversible Debugging</b></dt>
<dd>
<p> The GDB maintainers are looking for contributors interested
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
-<p>Last modified 2020-02-08.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2020-05-23.</p>
</address>
</body>
-->
+<dt>May 23rd, 2020: <b>GDB 9.2 Released!</b></dt>
+<dd>
+<p> The latest version of GDB, version 9.2, is available for <a
+href="../../gdb/download/">download</a>.
+<p>
+This is a minor corrective release over GDB 9.1, fixing the following
+issues:
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25586">PR tui/25586</a> (Resizing the source/disassembly or command window produces corrupted display)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25650">PR gdb/25650</a> (GDB can't 'printf' a convenience variable holding an inferior address)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25981">PR build/25981</a> (Use of short i386 register names breaks compilation on recent Solaris 11.4)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26003">PR symtab/26003</a> (infinite loop loading symbols from separate debug objfile)
+<li> <a href="https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26029">PR build/26029</a> (GDB build failure on SPARC)
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+</dd>
+
<dt>February 8th, 2020: <b>GDB 9.1 Released!</b></dt>
<dd>
<p> The latest version of GDB, version 9.1, is available for <a
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
-<p>Last modified 2020-02-08.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2020-05-23.</p>
</address>
</body>