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 *** Changes since GDB 7.2
 
+* GDB has a new command: "set directories".
+  It is like the "dir" command except that it replaces the
+  source path list instead of augmenting it.
+
+* OpenCL C
+  Initial support for the OpenCL C language (http://www.khronos.org/opencl)
+  has been integrated into GDB.
+
 * Python scripting
 
   ** GDB values in Python are now callable if the value represents a
@@ -12,6 +20,21 @@
 
      result = some_value (10,20)
 
+  ** Module gdb.types has been added.
+     It contains a collection of utilities for working with gdb.Types objects:
+     get_basic_type, has_field, make_enum_dict.
+
+  ** Module gdb.printing has been added.
+     It contains utilities for writing and registering pretty-printers.
+     New classes: PrettyPrinter,  SubPrettyPrinter,
+     RegexpCollectionPrettyPrinter.
+     New function: register_pretty_printer.
+
+  ** New commands "info pretty-printers", "enable pretty-printer" and
+     "disable pretty-printer" have been added.
+
+  ** gdb.parameter("directories") is now available.
+
 * C++ Improvements:
 
   ** GDB now puts template parameters in scope when debugging in an
@@ -62,6 +85,18 @@
   libthread_db library with the "set libthread-db-search-path"
   command.  See the user manual for more details on this command.
 
+* New features in the GDB remote stub, GDBserver
+
+  ** GDBserver is now supported on PowerPC LynxOS (versions 4.x and 5.x),
+     and i686 LynxOS (version 5.x).
+
+* Ada task switching is now supported on sparc-elf targets when
+  debugging a program using the Ravenscar Profile.  For more information,
+  see the "Tasking Support when using the Ravenscar Profile" section
+  in the GDB user manual.
+
+* Guile support was removed.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.2
 
 * Shared library support for remote targets by default