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*** Changes since GDB 8.0
+* On Unix systems, GDBserver now does globbing expansion and variable
+ substitution in inferior command line arguments.
+
+ This is done by starting inferiors using a shell, like GDB does.
+ See "set startup-with-shell" in the user manual for how to disable
+ this from GDB when using "target extended-remote". When using
+ "target remote", you can disable the startup with shell by using the
+ new "--no-startup-with-shell" GDBserver command line option.
+
+* New remote packets
+
+QStartupWithShell
+ Indicates whether the inferior must be started with a shell or not.
+
*** Changes in GDB 8.0
* GDB now supports access to the PKU register on GNU/Linux. The register is
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* New remote packets
+QStartupWithShell
+ Indicates whether the inferior must be started with a shell or not.
+
exec stop reason
Indicates that an exec system call was executed.