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@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ much more reliable. In particular:
- GDB is now able to backtrace through the signal handler for
non-threaded programs.
+PIE (Position Independent Executable) programs debugging is now supported.
+This includes debugging execution of PIC (Position Independent Code) shared
+libraries although for that, it should be possible to run such libraries as an
+executable program.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.0
* GDB now has an interface for JIT compilation. Applications that