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diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
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+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,98 @@
 		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.
+
+* Python Scripting
+
+  ** You can now access frame registers from Python scripts.
+  ** New attribute 'producer' for gdb.Symtab objects.
+  ** gdb.Objfile objects have a new attribute "progspace",
+     which is the gdb.Progspace object of the containing program space.
+  ** gdb.Objfile objects have a new attribute "owner".
+  ** gdb.Objfile objects have a new attribute "build_id",
+     which is the build ID generated when the file was built.
+  ** gdb.Objfile objects have a new method "add_separate_debug_file".
+  ** A new event "gdb.clear_objfiles" has been added, triggered when
+     selecting a new file to debug.
+  ** You can now add attributes to gdb.Objfile and gdb.Progspace objects.
+  ** New function gdb.lookup_objfile.
+
+  New events which are triggered when GDB modifies the state of the 
+  inferior.
+
+  ** gdb.events.inferior_call_pre: Function call is about to be made.
+  ** gdb.events.inferior_call_post: Function call has just been made.
+  ** gdb.events.memory_changed: A memory location has been altered.
+  ** gdb.events.register_changed: A register has been altered.
+
+* 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])
+
+* GDB now supports the compilation and injection of source code into
+  the inferior.  GDB will use GCC 5.0 or higher built with libcc1.so
+  to compile the source code to object code, and if successful, inject
+  and execute that code within the current context of the inferior.
+  Currently the C language is supported.  The commands used to
+  interface with this new feature are:
+
+     compile code [-raw|-r] [--] [source code]
+     compile file [-raw|-r] filename
+
+* 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.
+
+add-auto-load-scripts-directory directory
+  Add entries to the list of directories from which to load auto-loaded
+  scripts.
+
+maint print user-registers
+  List all currently available "user" registers.
+
+compile code [-r|-raw] [--] [source code]
+  Compile, inject, and execute in the inferior the executable object
+  code produced by compiling the provided source code.
+
+compile file [-r|-raw] filename
+  Compile and inject into the inferior the executable object code
+  produced by compiling the source code stored in the filename
+  provided.
 
 * 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
@@ -14,6 +105,42 @@
   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.
+
+* New options
+
+set debug symbol-lookup
+show debug symbol-lookup
+  Control display of debugging info regarding symbol lookup.
+
+* MI changes
+
+  ** The -list-thread-groups command outputs an exit-code field for
+     inferiors that have exited.
+
+* New targets
+
+MIPS SDE			mips*-sde*-elf*
+
+* Removed targets
+
+Support for these obsolete configurations has been removed.
+
+Alpha running OSF/1 (or Tru64)		alpha*-*-osf*
+SGI Irix-5.x				mips-*-irix5*
+SGI Irix-6.x				mips-*-irix6*
+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
@@ -86,10 +213,10 @@ show record btrace replay-memory-access
 
 maint set target-async (on|off)
 maint show target-async
-  This controls whether GDB targets operate in syncronous or
-  asyncronous mode.  Normally the default is asyncronous, if it is
+  This controls whether GDB targets operate in synchronous or
+  asynchronous mode.  Normally the default is asynchronous, if it is
   available; but this can be changed to more easily debug problems
-  occurring only in syncronous mode.
+  occurring only in synchronous mode.
 
 set mi-async (on|off)
 show mi-async