From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28105 invoked by alias); 3 Sep 2010 01:24:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 28093 invoked by uid 22791); 3 Sep 2010 01:24:13 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,SARE_HTML_CNTR_TBL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:24:07 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 534D32BACB8 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:24:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 0RftY2H6Wdh2 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:24:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D82AA2BACB5 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:24:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 318BEF599F; Fri, 3 Sep 2010 03:23:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:31:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: [commit/WWW] Web updates for the gdb-7.2 release Message-ID: <20100903012354.GG22260@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="F8dlzb82+Fcn6AgP" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-09/txt/msg00118.txt.bz2 --F8dlzb82+Fcn6AgP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-length: 389 Hello, FYI, I made the following changes to the GDB project web pages. The essentially announce the gdb-7.2 release (to be announced officially by email soon), as well as update the schedule page. I'm still a little undecided about the gdb-7.3 release, so I left the current dates untouched. I need to review the changes that have been done since we created the 7.2 branch... -- Joel --F8dlzb82+Fcn6AgP Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="announce.diff" Content-length: 8453 Index: download/ANNOUNCEMENT =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gdb/htdocs/download/ANNOUNCEMENT,v retrieving revision 1.22 diff -u -u -p -r1.22 ANNOUNCEMENT --- download/ANNOUNCEMENT 18 Mar 2010 21:50:10 -0000 1.22 +++ download/ANNOUNCEMENT 3 Sep 2010 01:01:55 -0000 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - GDB 7.1 released! + GDB 7.2 released! -Release 7.1 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous +Release 7.2 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 @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ You can download GDB from the GNU FTP se The vital stats: Size md5sum Name - 17MB 21dce610476c054687b52770d2ddc657 gdb-7.1.tar.bz2 - 23MB 01a6ce13bab5307cfac5c405e4afd1cf gdb-7.1.tar.gz + 18MB 64260e6c56979ee750a01055f16091a5 gdb-7.2.tar.bz2 + 24MB 950b766466bee748e554765c86b8b495 gdb-7.2.tar.gz There is a web page for GDB at: @@ -30,28 +30,54 @@ the net. We will put errata notes and h on-line as any problems come up. All mailing lists archives are also browsable via the web. -GDB 7.1 brings new targets, features and improvements, including: +GDB 7.2 brings new targets, features and improvements, including: -Support for new targets (including a simulator): - - * Xilinx MicroBlaze - * Renesas RX - -The major new features are: - - * Multi-program debugging, allowing the debugger to control more than - one program within the same GDB session. - * Position Independent Executable (PIE) debugging. - -It also features many enhancements and bug fixes, including: - - * Python support has been extended. - * C++ support improvements (namespace, cast operators, bug fixes) - * Tracepoint support improvements. - * Process Record improvements (save/restore execution log, hardware - watchpoint support). - * Remote protocol enhancements (Linux kernel debugging, new packets - for tracepoint support) + * D language support has been added + + * C++ enhancements: + * Argument Dependent Lookup (ADL) + * Improved User Defined Operator Support + * static const class members + + * Improved Python support, including: + * Access to breakpoints, symbols, symbol tables, program spaces, + inferiors, threads and frame's code blocks + * Ability to create GDB Parameters that can then be manipulated + via set/show in the CLI + + * Tracepoint enhancements: + * Better reconstruction of tracepoints after disconnected tracing + * Static tracepoints support (calls to the user program into a tracing + library) + + * GDBserver enhancements: + * Tracepoint support (including fast tracepoints and static tracepoints) + * Support for x86_64 Windows 64-bit debugging + + * Support for ARM Symbian has been added (arm*-*-symbianelf*) + + * On powerpc-linux, support for the Data Value Compare register + has been added, allowing simple watchpoint conditions to be + implemented in hardware. + +Other worthy improvments (in random order): + + * Observer mode + * The remote protocol has been extended to include new packets; + * Shared library support enabled by default for remote targets; + * Windows Thread Information Block access; + * Improved support for remote debugging of Windows and SymbianOS + shared libraries; + * A new convience variable $_thread holding the current thread number; + * The --batch flag now disables pagination and queries; + * The x86 byte, word, and double-word general purpose registers; + (Eg. byte register AH) are now directly accessible; + * The `commands' command now accepts a range of breakpoints to modify; + * The `rbreak' command now accepts a filename specfication as part of + its argument; + * The `disassemble' now supports the "start,+length" format; + * New command `save breakpoints' to save all breakpoints to a file + * Tracepoint actions unified with breakpoint commands For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the gdb/NEWS file. 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The most recent release (GDB 7.1):

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The most recent release (GDB 7.2):

You can download the most recent official release of GDB from either Project GNU's FTP server, or Red Hat's sources site: @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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September 02, 2010: GDB 7.2 Released!
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+

The latest version of GDB, version 7.2, is available for download. +

+Changes in this release include: +

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  • C++ support enhancements +
  • Improved Python support +
  • Tracepoint support enhancements, GDBserver support for tracepoints +
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+See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this +release includes. +

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July 07, 2010: GDB 7.2 branch created

The GDB 7.2 branch (gdb_7_2-branch) has been created. @@ -865,7 +885,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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GDB version 7.1

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GDB version 7.2

-Version 7.1 of GDB, the GNU +Version 7.2 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available for download. See the ANNOUNCEMENT for details @@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ better. --> +
September 02, 2010: GDB 7.2 Released!
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+

The latest version of GDB, version 7.2, is available for download. +

+Changes in this release include: +

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  • C++ support enhancements +
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  • Tracepoint support enhancements, GDBserver support for tracepoints +
  • GDBserver support for x86_64 Windows debugging +
  • ARM Symbian support +
  • Hardware-assisted watchpoint conditions on powerpc-linux +
+See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this +release includes. +

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July 07, 2010: GDB 7.2 branch created

The GDB 7.2 branch (gdb_7_2-branch) has been created. @@ -190,7 +210,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

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March 18, 2010: GDB 7.1 Released!
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-Changes in this release include: -

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Nov 28, 2006: Reversible Debugging

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CURRENT (7.1)NEXT (7.2)
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Branch:February (2010-02-10)September (2010-09-22)Branch:July (2010-07-05)September (2010-09-22)
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