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[ANNOUNCEMENT] GDB 7.1 released!


            GDB 7.1 released!

Release 7.1 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous
FTP.  GDB is a source-level debugger for Ada, C, C++, Objective-C,
Pascal and many other languages.  GDB can target (i.e., debug programs
running on) more than a dozen different processor architectures, and GDB
itself can run on most popular GNU/Linux, Unix and Microsoft Windows
variants.

You can download GDB from the GNU FTP server in the directory:

        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb

The vital stats:

  Size  md5sum                            Name
  17MB  21dce610476c054687b52770d2ddc657  gdb-7.1.tar.bz2
  23MB  01a6ce13bab5307cfac5c405e4afd1cf  gdb-7.1.tar.gz

There is a web page for GDB at: 

        http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/

That page includes information about GDB mailing lists (an announcement
mailing list, developers discussion lists, etc.), details on how to
access GDB's CVS repository, locations for development snapshots,
preformatted documentation, and links to related information around
the net.  We will put errata notes and host-specific tips for this release
on-line as any problems come up.  All mailing lists archives are also
browsable via the web.

GDB 7.1 brings new targets, features and improvements, including:

Support for new targets (including a simulator):

  * Xilinx MicroBlaze
  * Renesas RX

The major new features are:

  * Multi-program debugging, allowing the debugger to control more than
    one program within the same GDB session.
  * Position Independent Executable (PIE) debugging.

It also features many enhancements and bug fixes, including:

  * Python support has been extended.
  * C++ support improvements (namespace, cast operators, bug fixes)
  * Tracepoint support improvements.
  * Process Record improvements (save/restore execution log, hardware
    watchpoint support).
  * Remote protocol enhancements (Linux kernel debugging, new packets
    for tracepoint support)

For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the
gdb/NEWS file.

-- 
Joel


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