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                What has changed in GDB?
             (Organized release by release)
 
+*** Changes since GDB-4.18:
+
+* New features
+
+On SVR4 native platforms (such as Solaris), if you attach to a process
+without first loading a symbol file, GDB will now attempt to locate and
+load symbols from the running process's executable file.
+
+* New native configurations
+
+ARM GNU/Linux                                  arm*-*-linux*
+
+* New targets
+
+Motorola MCore                                 mcore-*-*
+x86 VxWorks                                    i[3456]86-*-vxworks*
+PowerPC VxWorks                                        powerpc-*-vxworks*
+TI TMS320C80                                   tic80-*-*
+
+* OBSOLETE configurations
+
+Altos 3068                                     m68*-altos-*
+Convex                                         c1-*-*, c2-*-*
+Pyramid                                                pyramid-*-*
+ARM RISCix                                     arm-*-* (as host)
+Tahoe                                          tahoe-*-*
+
+* Remote targets can connect to a sub-program
+
+A popen(3) style serial-device has been added.  This device starts a
+sub-process (such as a stand-alone simulator) and then communicates
+with that.  The sub-program to run is specified using the syntax
+``|<program> <args>'' vis:
+
+       (gdb) set remotedebug 1
+       (gdb) target extended-remote |mn10300-elf-sim program-args
+
+* MIPS 64 remote protocol
+
+A long standing bug in the mips64 remote protocol where by GDB
+expected certain 32 bit registers (ex SR) to be transfered as 32
+instead of 64 bits has been fixed.
+
+The command ``set remote-mips64-transfers-32bit-regs on'' has been
+added to provide backward compatibility with older versions of GDB.
+
+* ``set remotebinarydownload'' replaced by ``set remote X-packet''
+
+The command ``set remotebinarydownload'' command has been replaced by
+``set remote X-packet''.  Other commands in ``set remote'' family
+include ``set remote P-packet''.
+
+* Breakpoint commands accept ranges.
+
+The breakpoint commands ``enable'', ``disable'', and ``delete'' now
+accept a range of breakpoints, e.g. ``5-7''.  The tracepoint command
+``tracepoint passcount'' also accepts a range of tracepoints.
+
 *** Changes in GDB-4.18:
 
 * New native configurations