[gdb/testsuite] Fix regexp for reg value in jit-reader.exp

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diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index d502f08984cd06ed6197d8e21c0aebd369aa6e1d..25e67e43c88ab0123a84effba2ae37cef9062a63 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
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@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@
 * GDB now shows the Ada task names at more places, e.g. in task switching
   messages.
 
+* GDB can now be compiled with Python 3 on Windows.
+
+* New convenience variable $_ada_exception holds the address of the
+  Ada exception being thrown.  This is set by Ada-related catchpoints.
+
+* GDB can now place breakpoints on nested functions and subroutines in
+  Fortran code.  The '::' operator can be used between parent and
+  child scopes when placing breakpoints, for example:
+
+    (gdb) break outer_function::inner_function
+
+  The 'outer_function::' prefix is only needed if 'inner_function' is
+  not visible in the current scope.
+
 * Python API
 
   ** The gdb.Value type has a new method 'format_string' which returns a
@@ -184,6 +198,9 @@ maint show test-options-completion-result
   Commands used by the testsuite to validate the command options
   framework.
 
+focus, winheight, +, -, >, <
+  These commands are now case-sensitive.
+
 * New command options, command completion
 
   GDB now has a standard infrastructure to support dash-style command
@@ -299,6 +316,20 @@ maint show test-options-completion-result
 
 * Other MI changes
 
+ ** The default version of the MI interpreter is now 3 (-i=mi3).
+
+  ** The output of information about multi-location breakpoints (which is
+     syntactically incorrect in MI 2) has changed in MI 3.  This affects
+     the following commands and events:
+
+       - -break-insert
+       - -break-info
+       - =breakpoint-created
+       - =breakpoint-modified
+
+     The -fix-multi-location-breakpoint-output command can be used to enable
+     this behavior with previous MI versions.
+
  ** Backtraces and frames include a new optional field addr_flags which is
     given after the addr field.  On AArch64 this contains PAC if the address
     has been masked in the frame.  On all other targets the field is not
@@ -321,6 +352,20 @@ maint show test-options-completion-result
   GDB now bundles GNU readline 8.0, but if you choose to use
   --with-system-readline, only readline >= 7.0 can be used.
 
+* The TUI SingleKey keymap is now named "SingleKey".  This can be used
+  from .inputrc to bind keys in this keymap.  This feature is only
+  available when gdb is built against GNU readline 8.0 or later.
+
+* Removed targets and native configurations
+
+  GDB no longer supports debugging the Cell Broadband Engine.  This includes
+  both debugging standalone Cell/B.E. SPU applications and integrated debugging
+  of Cell/B.E. applications that use both the PPU and SPU architectures.
+
+* New Simulators
+
+TI PRU                                 pru-*-elf
+
 *** Changes in GDB 8.3
 
 * GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on
@@ -486,8 +531,6 @@ set style address intensity VALUE
 
 * MI changes
 
-  ** The default version of the MI interpreter is now 3 (-i=mi3).
-
   ** The '-data-disassemble' MI command now accepts an '-a' option to
      disassemble the whole function surrounding the given program
      counter value or function name.  Support for this feature can be
@@ -497,18 +540,6 @@ set style address intensity VALUE
   ** Command responses and notifications that include a frame now include
      the frame's architecture in a new "arch" attribute.
 
-  ** The output of information about multi-location breakpoints (which is
-     syntactically incorrect in MI 2) has changed in MI 3.  This affects
-     the following commands and events:
-
-       - -break-insert
-       - -break-info
-       - =breakpoint-created
-       - =breakpoint-modified
-
-     The -fix-multi-location-breakpoint-output command can be used to enable
-     this behavior with previous MI versions.
-
 * New native configurations
 
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