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* The "info static-tracepoint-marker" command will now also work on
native Linux targets with in-process agent.
+* GDB can now set breakpoints on inlined functions.
+
+* The .gdb_index section has been updated to include symbols for
+ inlined functions. GDB will ignore older .gdb_index sections by
+ default, which could cause symbol files to be loaded more slowly
+ until their .gdb_index sections can be recreated. The new option
+ --use-deprecated-index-sections will cause GDB to use any older
+ .gdb_index sections it finds. This will restore performance, but
+ the ability to set breakpoints on inlined functions will be lost
+ in symbol files with older .gdb_index sections.
+
* New commands
** "catch load" and "catch unload" can be used to stop when a shared