From: John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1991 03:41:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Doc updates for 4.1.
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=24db5b87759ea6520d861a43b1c9bb5bd3fb93f4;p=binutils-gdb.git

Doc updates for 4.1.
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diff --git a/gdb/WHATS.NEW b/gdb/WHATS.NEW
index 5f56789af1e..c369ba9da0a 100755
--- a/gdb/WHATS.NEW
+++ b/gdb/WHATS.NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 		What has changed since GDB-3.5?
+		(Organized release by release)
 
+*** Changes in GDB-4.1:
+
+ *  Multiple source language support
+
+GDB now has internal scaffolding to handle several source languages.
+It determines the type of each source file from its filename extension,
+and will switch expression parsing and number formatting to match the
+language of the function in the currently selected stack frame.
+You can also specifically set the language to be used, with
+`set language c' or `set language modula-2'.
 
  *  GDB and Modula-2
 
@@ -10,7 +21,54 @@ continue through the fall of 1991 and into 1992.
 
 Other Modula-2 compilers are currently not supported, and attempting to
 debug programs compiled with them will likely result in an error as the
-symbol table of the executable is read in.
+symbol table is read.  Feel free to work on it, though!
+
+There are hooks in GDB for strict type checking and range checking,
+in the `Modula-2 philosophy', but they do not currently work.
+
+ * set write on/off
+
+GDB can now write to executable and core files (e.g. patch
+a variable's value).   You must turn this switch on, specify
+the file ("exec foo" or "core foo"), *then* modify it, e.g.
+by assigning a new value to a variable.  Modifications take
+effect immediately.
+
+ * Automatic SunOS shared library reading
+
+When you run your program, GDB automatically determines where its
+shared libraries (if any) have been loaded, and reads their symbols.
+The `share' command is no longer needed.  This also works when
+examining core files.
+
+ * set listsize
+
+You can specify the number of lines that the `list' command shows.
+The default is 10.
+
+ * New machines supported (host and target)
+
+SGI Iris (MIPS) running Irix V3:  	mips-sgi-irix   or  iris
+Sony NEWS (68K) running NEWSOS 3.x:	m68k-sony-sysv	or  news
+Ultracomputer (29K) running Sym1:	a29k-nyu-sym1	or  ultra3
+
+ * New hosts supported (not targets)
+
+IBM RT/PC:				romp-ibm-aix 	or  rtpc
+
+ * New targets supported (not hosts)
+
+AMD 29000 embedded with COFF		a29k-none-coff
+AMD 29000 embedded with a.out		a29k-none-aout
+Ultracomputer remote kernel debug	a29k-nyu-kern
+
+ * New remote interfaces
+
+AMD 29000 Adapt
+AMD 29000 Minimon
+
+
+*** Changes in GDB-4.0:
 
  *  New Facilities
 
@@ -109,10 +167,6 @@ print asm-demangle on/off:  Same, for assembler level printouts
 
 print vtbl on/off:  Prettyprint C++ virtual function tables.  Default is OFF.
 
-write on/off:  GDB can now write to executable and core files (e.g. patch
-		a variable's value) if you turn this switch on, specify
-		the file ("exec foo" or "core foo"), then modify it, e.g.
-		by assigning a new value to a variable.
 
  *  Support for Epoch Environment.