What has changed in GDB?
(Organized release by release)
-*** Changes since GDB 7.8
+*** Changes since GDB 7.9
+
+* The "info source" command now displays the producer string if it was
+ present in the debug info. This typically includes the compiler version
+ and may include things like its command line arguments.
+
+* Python Scripting
+
+ ** gdb.Objfile objects have a new attribute "username",
+ which is the name of the objfile as specified by the user,
+ without, for example, resolving symlinks.
+
+* New options
+
+* The command 'thread apply all' can now support new option '-ascending'
+ to call its specified command for all threads in ascending order.
+
+* Python/Guile scripting
+
+ ** GDB now supports auto-loading of Python/Guile scripts contained in the
+ special section named `.debug_gdb_scripts'.
+
+*** Changes in GDB 7.9
* GDB now supports hardware watchpoints on x86 GNU Hurd.
* New commands
+demangle [-l language] [--] name
+ Demangle "name" in the specified language, or the current language
+ if elided. This command is renamed from the "maint demangle" command.
+ The latter is kept as a no-op to avoid "maint demangle" being interpreted
+ as "maint demangler-warning".
+
queue-signal signal-name-or-number
Queue a signal to be delivered to the thread when it is resumed.
VAX running (4.2 - 4.3 Reno) BSD vax-*-bsd*
VAX running Ultrix vax-*-ultrix*
+* The "dll-symbols" command, and its two aliases ("add-shared-symbol-files"
+ and "assf"), have been removed. Use the "sharedlibrary" command, or
+ its alias "share", instead.
+
*** Changes in GDB 7.8
* New command line options