*** Changes since GDB 6.0:
+* New native configurations
+
+NetBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-netbsd*
+
+* New debugging protocols
+
+M32R with SDI protocol m32r-*-elf*
+
+* "set prompt-escape-char" command deleted.
+
+The command "set prompt-escape-char" has been deleted. This command,
+and its very obscure effet on GDB's prompt, was never documented,
+tested, nor mentioned in the NEWS file.
+
+* REMOVED configurations and files
+
+SGI Irix-4.x mips-sgi-irix4 or iris4
+SGI Iris (MIPS) running Irix V3: mips-sgi-irix or iris
+Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
+Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
+H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms
+HP/PA running BSD hppa*-*-bsd*
+HP/PA running OSF/1 hppa*-*-osf*
+HP/PA Pro target hppa*-*-pro*
+PMAX (MIPS) running Mach 3.0 mips*-*-mach3*
+Sequent family i[3456]86-sequent-sysv4*
+ i[3456]86-sequent-sysv*
+ i[3456]86-sequent-bsd*
+Tsqware Sparclet sparclet-*-*
+Fujitsu SPARClite sparclite-fujitsu-none or sparclite
+
+*** Changes in GDB 6.0:
+
+* Objective-C
+
+Support for debugging the Objective-C programming language has been
+integrated into GDB.
+
+* New backtrace mechanism (includes DWARF 2 Call Frame Information).
+
+DWARF 2's Call Frame Information makes available compiler generated
+information that more exactly describes the program's run-time stack.
+By using this information, GDB is able to provide more robust stack
+backtraces.
+
+The i386, amd64 (nee, x86-64), Alpha, m68hc11, ia64, and m32r targets
+have been updated to use a new backtrace mechanism which includes
+DWARF 2 CFI support.
+
+* Hosted file I/O.
+
+GDB's remote protocol has been extended to include support for hosted
+file I/O (where the remote target uses GDB's file system). See GDB's
+remote protocol documentation for details.
+
+* All targets using the new architecture framework.
+
+All of GDB's targets have been updated to use the new internal
+architecture framework. The way is now open for future GDB releases
+to include cross-architecture native debugging support (i386 on amd64,
+ppc32 on ppc64).
+
+* GNU/Linux's Thread Local Storage (TLS)
+
+GDB now includes support for for the GNU/Linux implementation of
+per-thread variables.
+
+* GNU/Linux's Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL)
+
+GDB's thread code has been updated to work with either the new
+GNU/Linux NPTL thread library or the older "LinuxThreads" library.
+
+* Separate debug info.
+
+GDB, in conjunction with BINUTILS, now supports a mechanism for
+automatically loading debug information from a separate file. Instead
+of shipping full debug and non-debug versions of system libraries,
+system integrators can now instead ship just the stripped libraries
+and optional debug files.
+
+* DWARF 2 Location Expressions
+
+DWARF 2 Location Expressions allow the compiler to more completely
+describe the location of variables (even in optimized code) to the
+debugger.
+
+GDB now includes preliminary support for location expressions (support
+for DW_OP_piece is still missing).
+
+* Java
+
+A number of long standing bugs that caused GDB to die while starting a
+Java application have been fixed. GDB's Java support is now
+considered "useable".
+
+* GNU/Linux support for fork, vfork, and exec.
+
+The "catch fork", "catch exec", "catch vfork", and "set follow-fork-mode"
+commands are now implemented for GNU/Linux. They require a 2.5.x or later
+kernel.
+
* GDB supports logging output to a file
There are two new commands, "set logging" and "show logging", which can be
used to capture GDB's output to a file.
-*** Changes in GDB 6.0:
-
* The meaning of "detach" has changed for gdbserver
The "detach" command will now resume the application, as documented. To
disconnect from gdbserver and leave it stopped, use the new "disconnect"
command.
-* d10v `regs' command deprecated
+* d10v, m68hc11 `regs' command deprecated
The `info registers' command has been updated so that it displays the
registers using a format identical to the old `regs' command.
Fix for gdb/702: a -var-assign that updates the value now shows up
in a subsequent -var-update.
+* New native configurations.
+
+FreeBSD/amd64 x86_64-*-freebsd*
+
* Multi-arched targets.
-HP/PA HPUX11, 32bit ABI (partial) hppa*-*-hpux* except hppa*64*-*-hpux11*
+HP/PA HPUX11 hppa*-*-hpux*
+Renesas M32R/D w/simulator m32r-*-elf*
* OBSOLETE configurations and files
configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
permanently REMOVED.
-Mitsubishi M32R/D w/simulator m32r-*-elf*
Z8000 simulator z8k-zilog-none or z8ksim
Matsushita MN10200 w/simulator mn10200-*-*
H8/500 simulator h8500-hitachi-hms or h8500hms