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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2010-01-19 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+ * NEWS: Add entry for "set/show ada trust-PAD-over-XVS" commands.
+
+2010-01-19 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
* configure.host: Make x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]* an alias of
i[34567]86-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*.
* configure.tgt: Likewise.
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 48a6ecb..867b51f 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ show script-extension
evaluation failed.
If set to "strict", files are sourced according to filename extension.
+set ada trust-PAD-over-XVS on|off
+show ada trust-PAD-over-XVS
+ If off, activate a workaround against a bug in the debugging information
+ generated by the compiler for PAD types (see gcc/exp_dbug.ads in
+ the GCC sources for more information about the GNAT encoding and
+ PAD types in particular). It is always safe to set this option to
+ off, but this introduces a slight performance penalty. The default
+ is on.
+
* New remote packets
QTDV