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@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.8
 
+* GDB now supports hardware watchpoints on x86 GNU Hurd.
+
+* Python Scripting
+
+  ** You can now access frame registers from Python scripts.
+  ** New attribute 'producer' for gdb.Symtab objects.
+
+* New Python-based convenience functions:
+
+  ** $_caller_is(name [, number_of_frames])
+  ** $_caller_matches(regexp [, number_of_frames])
+  ** $_any_caller_is(name [, number_of_frames])
+  ** $_any_caller_matches(regexp [, number_of_frames])
+
+* New commands
+
+queue-signal signal-name-or-number
+  Queue a signal to be delivered to the thread when it is resumed.
+
 * On resume, GDB now always passes the signal the program had stopped
   for to the thread the signal was sent to, even if the user changed
   threads before resuming.  Previously GDB would often (but not
@@ -14,6 +33,18 @@
   confirmation if the program had stopped for a signal and the user
   switched threads meanwhile.
 
+* "breakpoint always-inserted" modes "off" and "auto" merged.
+
+  Now, when 'breakpoint always-inserted mode' is set to "off", GDB
+  won't remove breakpoints from the target until all threads stop,
+  even in non-stop mode.  The "auto" mode has been removed, and "off"
+  is now the default mode.
+
+* MI changes
+
+  ** The -list-thread-groups command outputs an exit-code field for
+     inferiors that have exited.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.8
 
 * New command line options