• GDB_7.6_Release

GDB 7.6.x Release Management

Fixes in GDB 7.6.1

GDB 7.6.1 brings the following fixes and improvements:

• PR tdep/15420 (Cannot debug threaded programs on newer versions of x86-solaris - Solaris 10, Update 10 or later)

• PR remote/15455 (QTro remote packet broken)

• PR build/15476 (Build failure due to incomplete enum type in utils.h)

• PR server/15594 (tls support in 64x32 x86 gdbserver doesn't extend address to 64 bit)

Issues, Cleanup Tasks, etc

Some Action Items to be addressed before the next release as well as some cleanup tasks that should be completed before then.

Current tentative branch date: Mar 12, 2013 (initially Feb 04, waiting btrace patch series).

[NAME] at the beginning of each item is the name of a point of contact who will help trying to get the issue fixed faster.

Todo:

• [dje] The mi fullname change is causing issues for Eclipse users that may not have been anticipated.

• [keiths/dje] Revert http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-03/msg00251.html for msymbol_hash_iw [or use strspn?]. Doug to test on his mega-application.

• [pedro/tom] Fix CTRL-C 7.6 regression

• [dje] Fix gdbserver socket leak 7.5 regression

Todo (Optional?):

Cleanup:

Excluded:

• (cannot reproduce) Bug 15340 - The 7.6 branch fails to build under MinGW

Done:

• [Sergio] PRPSINFO patch
  • There are many URLs, but these are the last ones

  • http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-01/msg00778.html

  • http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-01/msg00779.html

• [Yao] New MI notification "=tsv-modified"

  • http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2013-01/msg00714.html

• [Pedro] aarch64 patch series
• [Jan/Markus] btrace patch series

• [Pedro] zinteger commands broken / regression

• [Jan] Fix remote.c incorrectly using pop_target (wrt btrace)

• [Jan] Fix 7.5 regression crashing GDB if gdbserver dies

• [JoelS/MikeF] sim build problem re: dv_sockser.o

• [MarkusM/Jan] record-btrace: fix assertion when enabling recording after re-run

• [Pedro] PR gdb/15294: list with unlimited listsize broken

• [Pedro] Print MI fullname even for non-existing files

• [Jan] List the MI "fullname" change

• [Jan] /proc/PID/smaps: Linux kernel 3.8.3 compat.

• [Eli/Joel] binary transportability/relocation issue on Windows hosts

• [MarkusM] New btrace RSP packets missing in NEWS

• [Pedro] Audit NEWS and manual for missing entries of new commands, new RSP packets, MI changes, etc.

• [Joel] "info sharedlibrary" not displaying dylib filenames

• [Jan] Fix bfd close regression wrt PR binutils/14813