From: GDB Administrator Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:11:44 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Document GDB 7.9 release. X-Git-Url: https://www.sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3884e15942e224bf869ed1f5604cdec4223d082a;p=gdb-htdocs.git Document GDB 7.9 release. --- diff --git a/download/ANNOUNCEMENT b/download/ANNOUNCEMENT index 6f56b23..27edc46 100644 --- a/download/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ b/download/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - GDB 7.8.2 released! + GDB 7.9 released! -Release 7.8.2 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous +Release 7.9 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous FTP. GDB is a source-level debugger for Ada, C, C++, Objective-C, Pascal and many other languages. GDB can target (i.e., debug programs running on) more than a dozen different processor architectures, and GDB @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ You can download GDB from the GNU FTP server in the directory: The vital stats: Size md5sum Name - 17MiB a80cf252ed2e775d4e4533341bbf2459 gdb-7.8.2.tar.xz - 32MiB 8b0ea8b3559d3d90b3ff4952f0aeafbc gdb-7.8.2.tar.gz + 18MiB e6279f26559d839f0b4218a482bcb43e gdb-7.9.tar.xz + 32MiB 8f8ced422fe462a00e0135a643544f17 gdb-7.9.tar.gz There is a web page for GDB at: @@ -30,102 +30,59 @@ the net. We will put errata notes and host-specific tips for this release on-line as any problems come up. All mailing lists archives are also browsable via the web. -GDB 7.8.2 provides the following fixes and improvements over GDB 7.8.1: +GDB 7.9 brings new targets, features and improvements, including: - * PR symtab/17642 ([7.8 regression] internal-error: resolve_dynamic_struct: - Assertion `TYPE_NFIELDS (type) > 0' failed.) - * PR binutils/17677 (_bfd_elf_get_synthetic_symtab runs in O(n^2) complexity) - * PR gdb/16215 (SPARC: can't compute CFA for this frame) - * PR gdb/17525 (target-async: breakpoint commands not executed when - program run from -x script) - * PR cli/17828 ([7.8 regression] -batch -ex r breaks terminal) + * Many improvements in GDB's Python scripting API. -GDB 7.8.1 provides the following fixes and improvements over GDB 7.8: + * Compilation and injection of source code into the inferior + (requires GCC 5.0 or higher built with libcc1.so). - * PR python/17364 (Need better printer names in bound_registers.py) - * PR build/17104 (CFLAGS="-Wall -Wextra" gdb/confgure --with-babeltrace - fails) - * PR gdb/17345 (babeltrace (1.1.2 and later) complains about the ctf - data generated by GDB) - * PR build/17298 (gcore: Couldn't get registers: No such process) - * PR python/17342 (Xmethod Python is not Python 3 compatible) - * PR python/17355 (Crash on Python frame filters with unreadable arg) - * PR guile/17367 (computation of guild path wrong when pkg-config script - supplied as arg to --with-guile) - * PR gdb/17247 (gdb freezes on multi threaded app) - * PR gdb/17347 (Regression: GDB stopped on run with attached process) - * PR gdb/17407 (Regression for Linux vDSO reading) - * PR server/17457 (aarch64/gdbserver: wrong floating point registers display) - * PR server/17487 (state->dr_control_mirror == 0 failed assertion in - gdbserver on Windows) - * PR gdb/17472 (with annotations, input while executing in the foreground - crashes readline/gdb) - * PR gdb/17471 (repeating a background command makes it foreground) - * PR cli/17300 (crash in non-stop mode with continue -a & - (readline_callback_read_char() called with no handler!)) - * PR python/17372 (python hangs when displaying help()) - * PR python/17408 (../../gdb/infrun.c:5256: internal-error: - switch_back_to_stepped_thread: Assertion `!schedlock_applies(1)' failed.) + * On resume, GDB now always passes the signal the program had stopped + for to the thread the signal was sent to, even if the user changed + threads before resuming. Previously GDB would often (but not + always) deliver the signal to the thread that happens to be current + at resume time. -GDB 7.8 brings new targets, features and improvements, including: + * Conversely, the "signal" command now consistently delivers the + requested signal to the current thread. GDB now asks for + confirmation if the program had stopped for a signal and the user + switched threads meanwhile. - * Guile scripting support. + * Hardware watchpoint support on x86 GNU Hurd. - * Python scripting enhancements. + * New target - * New commands: + ** MIPS SDE mips*-sde*-elf* - ** guile - ** guile-repl - ** info auto-load guile-scripts [REGEXP] + * New commands - * New options: + ** add-auto-load-scripts-directory directory + ** compile code [-r|-raw] [--] [source code] + ** compile file [-r|-raw] filename + ** demangle [-l language] [--] name + ** maint print user-registers + ** queue-signal signal-name-or-number - ** maint ada set ignore-descriptive-types (on|off) - ** maint set target-async (on|off) - ** set|show auto-load guile-scripts (on|off) - ** set|show auto-connect-native-target - ** set|show guile print-stack (none|message|full) - ** set|show mi-async (on|off) - ** set|show print symbol-loading (off|brief|full) - ** set|show record btrace replay-memory-access (read-only|read-write) + * New options - * Deprecated commands: + ** set debug symbol-lookup + ** show debug symbol-lookup - ** "dll-symbols" and its two aliases ("add-shared-symbol-files" and - "assf"). Use the "sharedlibrary" command instead. - ** "set|show remotebaud". Use "set|show serial baud" instead. + * MI changes - * Remote Protocol: + ** New exit-code field in -list-thread-groups command output - ** The qXfer:btrace:read packet supports a new annex 'delta'. + * Support for these obsolete configurations has been removed. - * GDB/MI: + ** Alpha running OSF/1 (or Tru64) alpha*-*-osf* + ** SGI Irix-5.x mips-*-irix5* + ** SGI Irix-6.x mips-*-irix6* + ** VAX running (4.2 - 4.3 Reno) BSD vax-*-bsd* + ** VAX running Ultrix vax-*-ultrix* - ** A new option "-gdb-set mi-async" replaces "-gdb-set target-async". - - * New target configurations: - - ** PowerPC64 GNU/Linux little-endian powerpc64le-*-linux* - - * btrace enhancements: - - ** The btrace record target now supports the 'record goto' command. - ** The btrace record target supports limited reverse execution and - replay. - - * ISO C99 variable length automatic arrays support. - - * It is no longer required to "set target-async on" in order to use - background execution commands (e.g., "c&", "s&", etc.). - - * "catch syscall" now implemented on s390*-linux* targets. - - * The "compare-sections" command now works on all targets. - - * The "target native" command now connects to the native target, and - can be used to launch native programs, even if "set - auto-connect-native-target" is set to off. + * The "dll-symbols" command, and its two aliases ("add-shared-symbol-files" + and "assf"), have been removed. Use the "sharedlibrary" command, or + its alias "share", instead. For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the gdb/NEWS file. diff --git a/download/index.html b/download/index.html index f88d037..feb3e13 100644 --- a/download/index.html +++ b/download/index.html @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Fish]" /> -

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GDB version 7.9

-Version 7.8.2 of GDB, the GNU +Version 7.9 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available for download. See the ANNOUNCEMENT for details @@ -102,6 +102,25 @@ better. --> +
February 20th, 2015: GDB 7.9 Released!
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The latest version of GDB, version 7.9, is available for download. +

+Changes in this release include: +

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

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January 15th, 2015: GDB 7.8.2 Released!

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July 29th, 2014: GDB 7.8 Released!
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September 30, 2011: Release Mistakes in GDB Versions 6.0 - 7.3

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February 20th, 2015: GDB 7.9 Released!
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The latest version of GDB, version 7.9, is available for download. +

+Changes in this release include: +

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