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@@ -175,6 +175,16 @@ GDB will now correctly handle all of: * Support for user-defined prefixed commands. The "define" command can add new commands to existing prefixes, e.g. "target". +* Multi-inferior, multi-process debugging. + + GDB now has generalized support for multi-inferior debugging. See + "Debugging Multiple Inferiors" in the manual for more information. + Although availability still depends on target support, the command + set is more uniform now. The GNU/Linux specific multi-forks support + has been migrated to this new framework. This implied some user + visible changes; see "New commands" and also "Removed commands" + below. + * New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below) find [/size-char] [/max-count] start-address, end-address|+search-space-size, @@ -197,6 +207,18 @@ macro undef info os processes Show operating system information about processes. +info inferiors + List the inferiors currently under GDB's control. + +inferior NUM + Switch focus to inferior number NUM. + +detach inferior NUM + Detach from inferior number NUM. + +kill inferior NUM + Kill inferior number NUM. + * New options set sh calling-convention @@ -320,6 +342,36 @@ show schedule-multiple Allow GDB to resume all threads of all processes or only threads of the current process. +* Removed commands + +info forks + For program forks, this is replaced by the new more generic `info + inferiors' command. To list checkpoints, you can still use the + `info checkpoints' command, which was an alias for the `info forks' + command. + +fork NUM + Replaced by the new `inferior' command. To switch between + checkpoints, you can still use the `restart' command, which was an + alias for the `fork' command. + +process PID + This is removed, since some targets don't have a notion of + processes. To switch between processes, you can still use the + `inferior' command using GDB's own inferior number. + +delete fork NUM + For program forks, this is replaced by the new more generic `kill + inferior' command. To delete a checkpoint, you can still use the + `delete checkpoint' command, which was an alias for the `delete + fork' command. + +detach fork NUM + For program forks, this is replaced by the new more generic `detach + inferior' command. To detach a checkpoint, you can still use the + `detach checkpoint' command, which was an alias for the `detach + fork' command. + * New native configurations x86/x86_64 Darwin i[34567]86-*-darwin* |