*** Changes since GDB 7.12
-* GDB and GDBserver now require building with a C++ compiler.
+* Building GDB and GDBserver now requires a C++11 compiler.
+
+ For example, GCC 4.8 or later.
It is no longer possible to build GDB or GDBserver with a C
compiler. The --disable-build-with-cxx configure option has been
removed.
+* Building GDB and GDBserver now requires GNU make >= 3.81.
+
+ It is no longer supported to build GDB or GDBserver with another
+ implementation of the make program or an earlier version of GNU make.
+
* Native debugging on MS-Windows supports command-line redirection
Command-line arguments used for starting programs on MS-Windows can
* Support for Java programs compiled with gcj has been removed.
+* User commands now accept an unlimited number of arguments.
+ Previously, only up to 10 was accepted.
+
+* The "eval" command now expands user-defined command arguments.
+
+ This makes it easier to process a variable number of arguments:
+
+ define mycommand
+ set $i = 0
+ while $i < $argc
+ eval "print $arg%d", $i
+ set $i = $i + 1
+ end
+ end
+
+* New native configurations
+
+FreeBSD/mips mips*-*-freebsd
+
+
* New targets
Synopsys ARC arc*-*-elf32
+FreeBSD/mips mips*-*-freebsd
*** Changes in GDB 7.12
* Fortran: Support structures with fields of dynamic types and
arrays of dynamic types.
+* The symbol dumping maintenance commands have new syntax.
+maint print symbols [-pc address] [--] [filename]
+maint print symbols [-objfile objfile] [-source source] [--] [filename]
+maint print psymbols [-objfile objfile] [-pc address] [--] [filename]
+maint print psymbols [-objfile objfile] [-source source] [--] [filename]
+maint print msymbols [-objfile objfile] [--] [filename]
+
* GDB now supports multibit bitfields and enums in target register
descriptions.