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@@ -14,12 +14,65 @@ by GCC with the option -feliminate-dwarf2-dups and also by some proprietary compilers. With GCC, you must use GCC 3.3.4 or later to use -feliminate-dwarf2-dups. +* Internationalization + +When supported by the host system, GDB will be built with +internationalization (libintl). The task of marking up the sources is +continued, we're looking forward to our first translation. + * Ada Initial support for debugging programs compiled with the GNAT implementation of the Ada programming language has been integrated into GDB. In this release, support is limited to expression evaluation. +* New native configurations + +GNU/Linux/m32r m32r-*-linux-gnu + +* Remote 'p' packet + +GDB's remote protocol now includes support for the 'p' packet. This +packet is used to fetch individual registers from a remote inferior. + +* END-OF-LIFE registers[] compatibility module + +GDB's internal register infrastructure has been completely rewritten. +The new infrastructure making possible the implementation of key new +features including 32x64 (e.g., 64-bit amd64 GDB debugging a 32-bit +i386 application). + +GDB 6.3 will be the last release to include the the registers[] +compatibility module that allowed out-of-date configurations to +continue to work. This change directly impacts the following +configurations: + +hppa-*-hpux +ia64-*-aix +mips-*-irix* +*-*-lynx +mips-*-linux-gnu +sds protocol +xdr protocol +powerpc bdm protocol + +Unless there is activity to revive these configurations, they will be +made OBSOLETE in GDB 6.4, and REMOVED from GDB 6.5. + +* OBSOLETE configurations and files + +Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have +been commented out. Unless there is activity to revive these +configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources +permanently REMOVED. + +h8300-*-* +mcore-*-* +mn10300-*-* +ns32k-*-* +sh64-*-* +v850-*-* + *** Changes in GDB 6.2.1: * MIPS `break main; run' gave an heuristic-fence-post warning |