Add --orphan-handling option.

[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 4a614388566f832dfd71dafe0e01e5b3c5d5d53e..f8c91cf0d79f9397e32986600d85923fc667036e 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,12 +3,27 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.12
 
-* GDB and GDBserver now require building with a C++ compiler.
+* 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
@@ -17,6 +32,21 @@
 
 * 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
 
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