From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5703 invoked by alias); 26 Jul 2011 18:35:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 6524 invoked by uid 22791); 26 Jul 2011 18:29:24 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:35:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: gdb-announce@sourceware.org Subject: GDB 7.3 released! Message-ID: <20110726182907.GA19904@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-announce-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-announce-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011/txt/msg00001.txt.bz2 GDB 7.3 released! Release 7.3 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 itself can run on most popular GNU/Linux, Unix and Microsoft Windows variants. You can download GDB from the GNU FTP server in the directory: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb The vital stats: Size md5sum Name 18MB 485022b8df7ba2221f217e128f479fe7 gdb-7.3.tar.bz2 24MB 1d6b4e469270433583ef62a906c02fa8 gdb-7.3.tar.gz There is a web page for GDB at: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ That page includes information about GDB mailing lists (an announcement mailing list, developers discussion lists, etc.), details on how to access GDB's CVS repository, locations for development snapshots, preformatted documentation, and links to related information around 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 7.3 brings new targets, features and improvements, including: * Initial OpenCL C language support has been added * C++ enhancements: * Template parameters are now in scope when debugging in an instantiation * The motion commands "next", "finish", "until", and "advance" now work better when exceptions are thrown * Improved Python support, enhancing the existing APIs as well as introducing new ones. * Improved thread debugging support: * GDB now understands thread names * A new command "thread find [REGEXP]" has been added * GDBserver enhancements: * Support for PowerPC LynxOS (versions 4.x and 5.x) and i686 LynxOS (version 5.x) * Support for Blackfin Linux * Support for reading and writing a new .gdb_index section, containing a fast index of DWARF debugging info * Various GDB/MI improvements * Support for ia64 HP-UX (ia64-*-hpux*) has been added * Target support for Analog Devices, Inc. Blackfin Processors (bfin-*) * GNU simulator improvements: * New --map-info flag * CFI flash simulation support Other worthy improvments (in random order): * The "catch syscall" command is now available on mips-linux. * New GDB Commands: "set directories" * Support for using labels in linespecs (Eg you can use "advance label") * The "watch" command now accepts an optional "-location" argument * Thread debugging of core dumps now supported on GNU/Linux * Ranged breakpoints support (PowerPC BookE running Linux 2.6.34 or later) * Support for Ada task switching inside programs using the Ravenscar profile For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the gdb/NEWS file. -- Joel