Add --orphan-handling option.

[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 0e339dd7fbbc972273b534801a42fb826335e311..f8c91cf0d79f9397e32986600d85923fc667036e 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,67 @@
                What has changed in GDB?
             (Organized release by release)
 
-*** Changes since GDB 7.11
+*** Changes since GDB 7.12
+
+* Building GDB and GDBserver now requires a C++11 compiler.
+
+  For example, GCC 4.8 or later.
+
+  It is no longer possible to build GDB or GDBserver with a C
+  compiler.  The --disable-build-with-cxx configure option has been
+  removed.
+
+* Building GDB and GDBserver now requires GNU make >= 3.81.
+
+  It is no longer supported to build GDB or GDBserver with another
+  implementation of the make program or an earlier version of GNU make.
+
+* Native debugging on MS-Windows supports command-line redirection
+
+  Command-line arguments used for starting programs on MS-Windows can
+  now include redirection symbols supported by native Windows shells,
+  such as '<', '>', '>>', '2>&1', etc.  This affects GDB commands such
+  as "run", "start", and "set args", as well as the corresponding MI
+  features.
+
+* Support for thread names on MS-Windows.
+
+  GDB now catches and handles the special exception that programs
+  running on MS-Windows use to assign names to threads in the
+  debugger.
+
+* Support for Java programs compiled with gcj has been removed.
+
+* User commands now accept an unlimited number of arguments.
+  Previously, only up to 10 was accepted.
+
+* The "eval" command now expands user-defined command arguments.
+
+  This makes it easier to process a variable number of arguments:
+
+   define mycommand
+     set $i = 0
+     while $i < $argc
+       eval "print $arg%d", $i
+       set $i = $i + 1
+     end
+   end
+
+* New targets
+
+Synopsys ARC                   arc*-*-elf32
+
+*** Changes in GDB 7.12
+
+* GDB and GDBserver now build with a C++ compiler by default.
+
+  The --enable-build-with-cxx configure option is now enabled by
+  default.  One must now explicitly configure with
+  --disable-build-with-cxx in order to build with a C compiler.  This
+  option will be removed in a future release.
+
+* GDBserver now supports recording btrace without maintaining an active
+  GDB connection.
 
 * GDB now supports a negative repeat count in the 'x' command to examine
   memory backward from the given address.  For example:
@@ -60,6 +120,11 @@
   for its own control and synchronization, invisible to the command
   line.
 
+* The "catch syscall" command catches groups of related syscalls.
+
+  The "catch syscall" command now supports catching a group of related
+  syscalls using the 'group:' or 'g:' prefix.
+
 * New commands
 
 skip -file file
@@ -84,6 +149,9 @@ new-ui INTERP TTY
 
   ** gdb.Breakpoint objects have a new attribute "pending", which
      indicates whether the breakpoint is pending.
+  ** Three new breakpoint-related events have been added:
+     gdb.breakpoint_created, gdb.breakpoint_modified, and
+     gdb.breakpoint_deleted.
 
 signal-event EVENTID
   Signal ("set") the given MS-Windows event object.  This is used in
@@ -116,6 +184,10 @@ signal-event EVENTID
 
     =record-started,thread-group="i1",method="btrace",format="bts"
 
+* MI async record =thread-selected now includes the frame field.  For example:
+
+     =thread-selected,id="3",frame={level="0",addr="0x00000000004007c0"}
+
 * New targets
 
 Andes NDS32                    nds32*-*-elf