* reverse debugging on aarch64
* new commands or subcommands:
- info os cpu, set/show serial parity, info dll
- maint print symbol-cache/symbol-cache-statistics,
maint flush-symbol-cache
- record btrace bts, record bts
- compile print
- show/set mpx bound
- tui enable/disable
- record btrace pt, record pt
- maint info btrace,
maint btrace packet-history/clear-packet-history/clear
* s390 support for vector ABI
* "set sysroot" improvements related to remote targets
* better support for debugging containerized programs
(without "set sysroot")
* HISTSIZE environment variable is replaced by GDBHISTSIZE
* python scripting:
- it's possible to write frame unwinders
- several new methods in Objfile, Type and Value classes
- gdb can auto-load scripts contained in special sections
named '.debug_gdb_scripts'.
* extensions for the MI interface, new remote packet types
- Removed obsolete patches:
0001-S390-Add-target-descriptions-for-vector-register-set.patch
0001-S390-Fix-compiler-invocation-with-compile-command.patch
0001-S390-Support-new-vector-register-sections.patch
0002-S390-Add-vector-register-support-to-gdb.patch
0003-S390-Add-vector-register-support-to-gdbserver.patch
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:gcc/gdb?expand=0&rev=128
The GDB 4.8 features are:
* Guile scripting support.
* Python scripting enhancements.
* New commands:
** guile
** guile-repl
** info auto-load guile-scripts [REGEXP]
* New options:
** 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)
* Remote Protocol:
** The qXfer:btrace:read packet supports a new annex 'delta'.
* GDB/MI:
** A new option "-gdb-set mi-async" replaces "-gdb-set target-async".
* New target configurations:
** PowerPC64 GNU/Linux little-endian
* 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.).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:gcc/gdb?expand=0&rev=102
- Merge from gdb-7.4.50.20120603-3.fc18.src.rpm.
* Wed Jun 6 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120603-3.fc18
- Disable -lmcheck in the development builds.
- Fix assertion on some files as glibc-2.15.90-8.fc18 (Doug Evans).
* Sun Jun 3 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120603-2.fc18
- Fix Release.
- Make yum --enablerepo compatible with at least mock-1.1.21-1.fc16 Rawhide cfg.
* Sun Jun 3 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120602-1.fc18
- Rebase to FSF GDB 7.4.50.20120602.
- [testsuite] BuildRequire gcc-go.
- Drop printing 2D C++ vectors as matrices which no longer worked (BZ 562763).
- Fix dejagnu-1.5-4.fc17 compatibility for Go (for BZ 635651).
- Use librpm.so.3 for rpm-4.10.0 in Fedora 18.
- Revert recent breakage of UNIX objfiles order for symbols lookup.
* Sat Jun 2 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120120-48.fc17
- [ppc] Fix hardware watchpoints on PowerPC (BZ 827600, Edjunior Machado).
* Mon May 28 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120120-47.fc17
- Workaround PR libc/14166 for inferior calls of strstr.
* Mon May 14 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120120-46.fc17
- [RHEL5] Workaround doc build race.
* Mon May 14 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120120-45.fc17
- Rename "set auto-load" patchset variable $ddir to $datadir.
* Wed May 9 2012 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.4.50.20120120-44.fc17
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/125095
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/gdb?expand=0&rev=88
- Merge from gdb-7.3-41.fc15.src.rpm. [fate#310741]
* Tue Jul 26 2011 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.3-41.fc15
- Rebase to the final FSF GDB 7.3 release.
- Improve gcc-4.6 stdarg false prologue end workaround (GDB PR 12435 + GCC PR 47471).
* Sun Jul 3 2011 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.2.90.20110703-40.fc15
- Rebase to FSF GDB 7.2.90.20110703 (which is a 7.3 pre-release).
- Adjust the `print errno' patch due to the DW_AT_linkage_name following again.
* Fri Jun 24 2011 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.2.90.20110525-39.fc15
- Fix install-info for the gdb-doc subpackage (BZ 715228).
- Merge from gdb-7.2.90.20110525-38.fc15.src.rpm. [fate#310741]
* Wed May 25 2011 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.2.90.20110525-38.fc15
- Rebase to FSF GDB 7.2.90.20110525 (which is a 7.3 pre-release).
- [stap] Fix double free (Sergio Durigan Junior).
* Tue May 3 2011 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.2.90.20110429-37.fc15
- Search also for .<seqno> files in /usr/lib/debug/.build-id (BZ 641377).
- Merge from gdb-7.2.90.20110429-36.fc15.src.rpm.
* Mon May 2 2011 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.2.90.20110429-36.fc15
- Bundle readline-6.2 with a workaround of skipped "ask" (BZ 701131).
- Use --without-system-readline, disable Requires and BuildRequires of readline.
- Drop gdb-6.5-readline-long-line-crash.patch and gdb-readline-6.0-signal.patch.
* Fri Apr 29 2011 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> - 7.2.90.20110429-35.fc15
- Rebase to FSF GDB 7.2.90.20110429 (which is a 7.3 pre-release).
- Fix -O2 -g breakpoints internal error + prologue skipping (BZ 612253).
- Fix case insensitive symbols for Fortran by iFort (BZ 645773).
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/78265
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory/gdb?expand=0&rev=85
