* symfile.h (struct sym_fns): Add new field sym_read_linetable.

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

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 3e9bc37a9f3047f2de6fdbebbd1d36b0e6f98e50..a7c3aab9af9c7c55c3776d7af3ff3fa68945f625 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
                What has changed in GDB?
             (Organized release by release)
 
-*** Changes since GDB 6.6
+*** Changes since GDB 6.7
+
+*** Changes in GDB 6.6
+
+* Resolved 101 resource leaks, null pointer dereferences, etc. in gdb, 
+bfd, libiberty and opcodes, as revealed by static analysis donated by
+Coverity, Inc. (http://scan.coverity.com).
+
+* When looking up multiply-defined global symbols, GDB will now prefer the
+symbol definition in the current shared library if it was built using the
+-Bsymbolic linker option.
 
 * When the Text User Interface (TUI) is not configured, GDB will now
 recognize the -tui command-line option and print a message that the TUI
@@ -19,8 +29,12 @@ frequency signals (e.g. SIGALRM) via the QPassSignals packet.
 target's overall architecture.  GDB can read a description from
 a local file or over the remote serial protocol.
 
-* Arrays of explicitly SIGNED or UNSIGNED CHARs are now printed as arrays
-of numbers.
+* Vectors of single-byte data use a new integer type which is not
+automatically displayed as character or string data.
+
+* The /s format now works with the print command.  It displays
+arrays of single-byte integers and pointers to single-byte integers
+as strings.
 
 * Target descriptions can now describe target-specific registers,
 for architectures which have implemented the support (currently
@@ -37,6 +51,25 @@ has been rewritten to use the standard GDB remote protocol.
 
 * GDB for the Cell/B.E. SPU now supports overlay debugging.
 
+* The GDB remote protocol "qOffsets" packet can now honor ELF segment
+layout.  It also supports a TextSeg= and DataSeg= response when only
+segment base addresses (rather than offsets) are available.
+
+* The /i format now outputs any trailing branch delay slot instructions 
+immediately following the last instruction within the count specified.
+
+* The GDB remote protocol "T" stop reply packet now supports a
+"library" response.  Combined with the new "qXfer:libraries:read"
+packet, this response allows GDB to debug shared libraries on targets
+where the operating system manages the list of loaded libraries (e.g.
+Windows and SymbianOS).
+
+* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, now supports dynamic link libraries
+(DLLs) on Windows and Windows CE targets.
+
+* GDB now supports a faster verification that a .debug file matches its binary
+according to its build-id signature, if the signature is present.
+
 * New commands
 
 set remoteflow
@@ -74,6 +107,11 @@ show sysroot
   general version of "set solib-absolute-prefix", which is now
   an alias to "set sysroot".
 
+info spu
+  Provide extended SPU facility status information.  This set of
+  commands is available only when debugging the Cell/B.E. SPU
+  architecture.
+
 * New native configurations
 
 OpenBSD/sh                     sh*-*openbsd*
@@ -100,6 +138,17 @@ qXfer:features:read:
   Read an XML target description from the target, which describes its
   features.
 
+qXfer:spu:read:
+qXfer:spu:write:
+  Read or write contents of an spufs file on the target system.  These
+  packets are available only on the Cell/B.E. SPU architecture.
+
+qXfer:libraries:read:
+  Report the loaded shared libraries.  Combined with new "T" packet
+  response, this packet allows GDB to debug shared libraries on
+  targets where the operating system manages the list of loaded
+  libraries (e.g. Windows and SymbianOS).
+
 * Removed targets
 
 Support for these obsolete configurations has been removed.