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*** Changes since GDB 8.0
+* New "--readnever" command line option instructs GDB to not read each
+ symbol file's symbolic debug information. This makes startup faster
+ but at the expense of not being able to perform symbolic debugging.
+ This option is intended for use cases where symbolic debugging will
+ not be used, e.g., when you only need to dump the debuggee's core.
+
* GDB now uses the GNU MPFR library, if available, to emulate target
floating-point arithmetic during expression evaluation when the target
uses different floating-point formats than the host. At least version