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[patch/rfc] More NEWS for 6.3
- From: Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>
- To: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 11:00:43 -0500
- Subject: [patch/rfc] More NEWS for 6.3
Hello,
This fleshes out the 6.3 news entry a bit. Ada is still missing.
comments?
Andrew
2004-11-01 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
* gdb/NEWS: Mention internationalization, m32r-*-linux-gnu, 'p'
packet, obsolete configurations, end-of-life deprecated_registers.
Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.163
diff -p -u -r1.163 NEWS
--- NEWS 25 Oct 2004 18:50:09 -0000 1.163
+++ NEWS 1 Nov 2004 15:59:20 -0000
@@ -14,6 +14,59 @@ by GCC with the option -feliminate-dwarf
proprietary compilers. With GCC, you must use GCC 3.3.4 or later
to use -feliminate-dwarf2-dups.
+* Internationalization
+
+When supported by the host system, GDB will be built with
+internationalization (libintl). The task of marking up the sources is
+continued, we're looking forward to our first translation.
+
+* New native configurations
+
+GNU/Linux/m32r m32r-*-linux-gnu
+
+* Remote 'p' packet
+
+GDB's remote protocol now includes support for the 'p' packet and is
+used to fetch individual registers.
+
+* END-OF-LIFE registers[] compatibility module
+
+GDB's internal register infrastructure has been completely rewritten.
+The new infrastructure making possible the implementation of key new
+features including 32x64 (e.g., 64-bit amd64 GDB debugging a 32-bit
+i386 application).
+
+GDB 6.3 will be the last release to include the the registers[]
+compatibility module that allowed out-of-date configurations to
+continue to work. This change directly impacts the following
+configurations:
+
+hppa-*-hpux
+ia64-*-aix
+mips-*-irix*
+*-*-lynx
+mips-*-linux-gnu
+sds protocol
+xdr protocol
+powerpc bdm protocol
+
+Unless there is activity to revive these configurations, they will be
+made OBSOLETE in GDB 6.4, and REMOVED from GDB 6.5.
+
+* OBSOLETE configurations and files
+
+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.
+
+h8300-*-*
+mcore-*-*
+mn10300-*-*
+ns32k-*-*
+sh64-*-*
+v850-*-*
+
*** Changes in GDB 6.2.1:
* MIPS `break main; run' gave an heuristic-fence-post warning