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                What has changed in GDB?
             (Organized release by release)
 
+*** Changes since GDB 5.0:
+
+* "info symbol" works on platforms which use COFF, ECOFF, XCOFF, and NLM.
+
+* The MI enabled.
+
+The new machine oriented interface (MI) introduced in GDB 5.0 has been
+revised and enabled.
+
+* New native configurations
+
+Alpha FreeBSD                                  alpha*-*-freebsd*
+x86 FreeBSD 3.x and 4.x                                i[3456]86*-freebsd[34]*
+MIPS Linux                                     mips*-*-linux*
+
+* New targets
+
+Motorola 68HC11 and 68HC12                     m68hc11-elf
+CRIS                                           cris-axis
+
+* OBSOLETE configurations and files
+
+x86 FreeBSD before 2.2                         i[3456]86*-freebsd{1,2.[01]}*, 
+Harris/CXUX m88k                               m88*-harris-cxux*
+Most ns32k hosts and targets                   ns32k-*-mach3* ns32k-umax-*
+                                               ns32k-utek-sysv* ns32k-utek-*
+TI TMS320C80                                   tic80-*-*
+WDC 65816                                      w65-*-*
+Ultracomputer (29K) running Sym1               a29k-nyu-sym1 a29k-*-kern*
+PowerPC Solaris                                        powerpcle-*-solaris*
+PowerPC Windows NT                             powerpcle-*-cygwin32
+PowerPC Netware                                        powerpc-*-netware*
+SunOS 4.0.Xi on i386                           i[3456]86-*-sunos*
+Sony NEWS (68K) running NEWSOS 3.x             m68*-sony-sysv news
+ISI Optimum V (3.05) under 4.3bsd.             m68*-isi-*
+Apple Macintosh (MPW) host                     N/A
+
+stuff.c (Program to stuff files into a specially prepared space in kdb)
+kdb-start.c (Main loop for the standalone kernel debugger)
+
+Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
+been commented out.  Unless there is activity to revive these
+configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
+permanently REMOVED.
+
+* REMOVED configurations and files
+
+Altos 3068                                     m68*-altos-*
+Convex                                         c1-*-*, c2-*-*
+Pyramid                                                pyramid-*-*
+ARM RISCix                                     arm-*-* (as host)
+Tahoe                                          tahoe-*-*
+ser-ocd.c                                      *-*-*
+
+* Other news:
+
+* All MIPS configurations are multi-arched.
+
+Multi-arch support is enabled for all MIPS configurations.
+
+* GDB's version number moved to ``version.in''
+
+The Makefile variable VERSION has been replaced by the file
+``version.in''.  People creating GDB distributions should update the
+contents of this file.
+
+* gdba.el deleted
+
+GUD support is now a standard part of the EMACS distribution.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 5.0:
 
 * Improved support for debugging FP programs on x86 targets