From: GDB Administrator Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:19:57 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Announce the GDB 7.5 release. X-Git-Url: https://www.sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f88b595fa27207764dab14f404a93c4486cfdea0;p=gdb-htdocs.git Announce the GDB 7.5 release. --- diff --git a/download/ANNOUNCEMENT b/download/ANNOUNCEMENT index f0c1201..044fc2b 100644 --- a/download/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ b/download/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - GDB 7.4.1 released! + GDB 7.5 released! -Release 7.4.1 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous +Release 7.5 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 @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ You can download GDB from the GNU FTP server in the directory: The vital stats: Size md5sum Name - 20MB 8854d34691087ec127d934692639855f gdb-7.4.1.tar.bz2 - 27MB 5fb7fca9ef7a9e3cfee0e2f2c0e52051 gdb-7.4.1.tar.gz + 21MB 24a6779a9fe0260667710de1b082ef61 gdb-7.5.tar.bz2 + 28MB c9f5ed81008194f8f667f131234f3ef0 gdb-7.5.tar.gz -There is a web page for GDB at: +There is a web page for GDB at: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ @@ -30,112 +30,26 @@ 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 7.4.1 is a minor corrective release based on GDB 7.4, bringing -the following fixes: - - * [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. - -GDB 7.4 brings new targets, features and improvements, including: - - * New target: Texas Instruments TMS320C6x (tic6x-*-*) - - * New simulator: Renesas RL78 (rl78-*-elf) - - * New configure option --with-iconv-bin. - - * Python scripting improvements: - ** The Python commands and convenience functions located in - the data directory are now automatically loaded on GDB start-up. - ** New command "set python print-stack none|full|message", - replacing "maint set python print-stack on|off", which has - been deprecated in GDB 7.5. - ** The "gdb.breakpoint" function has been deprecated in favor of - "gdb.breakpoints". - ** Type objects for struct and union types now allow access to - the fields using standard Python dictionary (mapping) methods. - ** Four new attributes in class Block. - ** Class Symbols now provides a "type" attribute. - ** A prompt substitution hook, and a new gdb.prompt module. - ** A new class "gdb.FinishBreakpoint". - ** A new event "gdb.new_objfile". - ** A new function, "deep_items" has been added to module gdb.types. - - * Changes to existing commands: - ** libthread-db-search-path now supports two special values: - $sdir and $pdir - - * New commands: - ** "skip file", "skip function": To skip uninteresting functions - during debugging. - ** watch EXPRESSION mask MASK_VALUE - ** info auto-load-scripts [REGEXP] - ** info macro [-all] [--] MACRO - ** collect[/s] EXPRESSIONS - ** tstart [NOTES] - ** tstop [NOTES] - ** "!" (alias of the "shell" command) - - * New options: - ** set extended-prompt - show extended-prompt - ** set print entry-values (both|compact|default|if-needed|no|only| - preferred) - show print entry-values - ** set debug entry-values - show debug entry-values - ** set basenames-may-differ - show basenames-may-differ - ** set trace-user - show trace-user - set trace-notes - show trace-notes - ** set trace-stop-notes - show trace-stop-notes - - * GDB now handles ambiguous linespecs more consistently, and set - a breakpoint on all matching locations. Locations will be added - or removed according to inferior changes. - - * Masked Watchpoint support on PowerPC BookE running - a Linux kernel (version 2.6.34 or later). - - * Ability to display function parameter values at the time the function - gets called (only available with code compiled with GCC 4.7 or later). - See new option "set print entry-values". - - * Tracepoint improvements: - ** Ability to enable and disable tracepoints at any time after - a trace experiment has been started. - ** Fast tracepoints on 32-bit x86-architectures can now be placed - at locations with 4-byte instructions (the minimum was previously - 5 bytes). - - * Remote protocol changes: - ** New packets: QTEnable, QTDisable, QTNotes, qTP, qTMinFTPILen, - ** New commands: "set dcache line" and "set dcache line-size". - ** New command "set remote hardware-watchpoint-length-limit". - - * GDB/MI changes: - ** "*stopped" events can report several new "reason"s. - ** Breakpoint changes are now notified using new async records. - ** New command: -ada-task-info. - - * New GDBserver operation: --once. - - * The gdbtui binary will be deprecated deprecated starting with GDB - 7.5. Use "gdb -tui" instead. +GDB 7.5 brings new targets, features and improvements, including: + + * 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. 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 56995d6..f43bf6d 100644 --- a/download/index.html +++ b/download/index.html @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Fish]" /> -

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The most recent release (GDB 7.5):

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GDB version 7.4.1

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GDB version 7.5

-Version 7.4.1 of GDB, the GNU +Version 7.5 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available for download. See the ANNOUNCEMENT for details @@ -102,56 +102,37 @@ better. --> -
July 17th, 2012: GDB 7.5 branch created
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The GDB 7.5 branch (gdb_7_5-branch) has been created. -To check out a copy of the branch use: -

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April 26th, 2012: GDB 7.4.1 Released!
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January 24th, 2012: GDB 7.4 Released!
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The latest version of GDB, version 7.4, is available for The latest version of GDB, version 7.5, is available for download.

Changes in this release include:

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-Note that the gdbtui binary is deprecated, starting with GDB 7.5. -Use "gdb -tui" instead. +
July 17th, 2012: GDB 7.5 branch created
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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
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September 4, 2011: GDB 7.3.1 Released!
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Nov 28, 2006: Reversible Debugging

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August 17th, 2012: GDB 7.5 Released!
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The latest version of GDB, version 7.5, is available for download. +

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