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Subject: CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/gdb
From: Maya Rashish
Date: 2017-06-05 13:38:51
Message id: 20170605113851.B3D17FBEE@cvs.NetBSD.org
Log Message:
gdb: update to 8.0
GDB 8.0 brings the following fixes and improvements, including:
* C++: Support for rvalue references
* Python scripting enhancements:
** New functions to start, stop and access a running btrace recording.
** Rvalue reference support in gdb.Type.
* GDB commands interpreter:
** User commands now accept an unlimited number of arguments.
** The "eval" command now expands user-defined arguments.
* DWARF version 5 support
(note that its .debug_names index is not supported yet).
* GDB/MI enhancements:
** New -file-list-shared-libraries command to list the shared
libraries in the program.
** New -target-flash-erase command, to erase flash memory.
* Support for native FreeBSD/mips (mips*-*-freebsd)
* Support for the following targets:
** Synopsys ARC (arc*-*-elf32)
** FreeBSD/mips (mips*-*-freebsd)
* Miscellaneous enhancements:
** Command-line redirection now supported on MS-Windows hosts.
** Support for thread names on MS-Windows.
** Support for the PKU register on GNU/Linux.
** Support for Target descriptions on sparc32 and sparc64.
** New GDB/CLI command to erase flash memory
** rdrand and rdseed instructions record/replay support.
Support for the following features have been removed:
* Support for Java programs compiled with gcj
* Support for the following configurations:
** FreeBSD/alpha (alpha*-*-freebsd*)
** GNU/kFreeBSD/alpha (alpha*-*-kfreebsd*-gnu)
For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the
gdb/NEWS file.
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