Implement pahole-like 'ptype /o' option

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index c6fe297159ea26c3d9444b5bc4a12b34c8204a3b..3a7e704cc65780b402dcea57693d08e883136f67 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 8.0
 
+* The 'ptype' command now accepts a '/o' flag, which prints the
+  offsets and sizes of fields in a struct, like the pahole(1) tool.
+
 * New "--readnever" command line option instructs GDB to not read each
   symbol file's symbolic debug information.  This makes startup faster
   but at the expense of not being able to perform symbolic debugging.
@@ -81,7 +84,9 @@
   GDB interpret the specified function name as a complete
   fully-qualified name instead.  For example, using the same C++
   program, the "break -q B::func" command sets a breakpoint on
-  "B::func", only.
+  "B::func", only.  A parameter has been added to the Python
+  gdb.Breakpoint constructor to achieve the same result when creating
+  a breakpoint from Python.
 
 * Breakpoints on functions marked with C++ ABI tags