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[patch/commit] Mention 5.2.1 on mainline


Hello,

The attached updates the mainline (NEWS, README) to reflect the 5.2.1 release.

committed(ing),
Andrew
2002-07-23  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>

	GDB 5.2.1 released from 5.2 branch.
	* NEWS: Mention changes in 5.2.1 including addition of AVR target.
	* README: Update to mention 5.2.1.

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.79
diff -u -r1.79 NEWS
--- NEWS	16 Jul 2002 15:19:18 -0000	1.79
+++ NEWS	23 Jul 2002 21:26:03 -0000
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
 * New targets.
 
-Atmel AVR					avr*-*-*
 Fujitsu FRV architecture added by Red Hat	frv*-*-*
 
 
@@ -88,6 +87,30 @@
 These commands allow data to be copied from target memory
 to a bfd-format or binary file (dump and append), and back
 from a file into memory (restore).
+
+*** Changes in GDB 5.2.1:
+
+* New targets.
+
+Atmel AVR					avr*-*-*
+
+* Bug fixes
+
+gdb/182: gdb/323: gdb/237: On alpha, gdb was reporting:
+mdebugread.c:2443: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_data not initialized
+Fix, by Joel Brobecker imported from mainline.
+
+gdb/439: gdb/291: On some ELF object files, gdb was reporting:
+dwarf2read.c:1072: gdb-internal-error: sect_index_text not initialize
+Fix, by Fred Fish, imported from mainline.
+
+Dwarf2 .debug_frame & .eh_frame handler improved in many ways. 
+Surprisingly enough, it works now.
+By Michal Ludvig, imported from mainline.
+
+i386 hardware watchpoint support: 
+avoid misses on second run for some targets.
+By Pierre Muller, imported from mainline.
 
 *** Changes in GDB 5.2:
 
Index: README
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/README,v
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.19 README
--- README	25 Apr 2002 23:26:23 -0000	1.19
+++ README	23 Jul 2002 21:26:03 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-		     README for gdb-5.2 release
-		Updated 17 April, 2002 by Andrew Cagney
+		     README for gdb-5.2.1 release
+		Updated 19 July, 2002 by Andrew Cagney
 
 This is GDB, the GNU source-level debugger.
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    In this release, the GDB debugger sources, the generic GNU include
 files, the BFD ("binary file description") library, the readline
 library, and other libraries all have directories of their own
-underneath the gdb-5.2 directory.  The idea is that a variety of GNU
+underneath the gdb-5.2.1 directory.  The idea is that a variety of GNU
 tools can share a common copy of these things.  Be aware of variation
 over time--for example don't try to build gdb with a copy of bfd from
 a release other than the gdb release (such as a binutils release),
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 directory tree and automatically build all the pieces in the right
 order.
 
-   When you unpack the gdb-5.2.tar.gz file, you'll find a directory
-called `gdb-5.2', which contains:
+   When you unpack the gdb-5.2.1.tar.gz file, you'll find a directory
+called `gdb-5.2.1', which contains:
 
   COPYING       config.sub    intl         missing         opcodes
   COPYING.LIB   configure     libiberty    mkinstalldirs   readline
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 You can build GDB right in the source directory:
 
-      cd gdb-5.2
+      cd gdb-5.2.1
       ./configure
       make
       cp gdb/gdb /usr/local/bin/gdb	(or wherever you want)
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
 
       mkdir build
       cd build
-      <full path to your sources>/gdb-5.2/configure
+      <full path to your sources>/gdb-5.2.1/configure
       make
       cp gdb/gdb /usr/local/bin/gdb	(or wherever you want)
 
 (Building GDB with DJGPP tools for MS-DOS/MS-Windows is slightly
-different; see the file gdb-5.2/gdb/config/djgpp/README for details.)
+different; see the file gdb-5.2.1/gdb/config/djgpp/README for details.)
 
    This will configure and build all the libraries as well as GDB.  If
 `configure' can't determine your system type, specify one as its
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
    GDB includes an already formatted copy of the on-line Info version
 of this manual in the `gdb/doc' subdirectory.  The main Info file is
-`gdb-5.2/gdb/doc/gdb.info', and it refers to subordinate files
+`gdb-5.2.1/gdb/doc/gdb.info', and it refers to subordinate files
 matching `gdb.info*' in the same directory.  If necessary, you can
 print out these files, or read them with any editor; but they are
 easier to read using the `info' subsystem in GNU Emacs or the
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 `makeinfo'.
 
    If you have `makeinfo' installed, and are in the top level GDB
-source directory (`gdb-5.2', in the case of version 5.2), you can make
+source directory (`gdb-5.2.1', in the case of version 5.2.1), you can make
 the Info file by typing:
 
       cd gdb/doc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
    If you want to typeset and print copies of this manual, you need
 TeX, a program to print its DVI output files, and `texinfo.tex', the
 Texinfo definitions file.  This file is included in the GDB
-distribution, in the directory `gdb-5.2/texinfo'.
+distribution, in the directory `gdb-5.2.1/texinfo'.
 
    TeX is a typesetting program; it does not print files directly, but
 produces output files called DVI files.  To print a typeset document,
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@
 This file tells TeX how to typeset a document written in Texinfo
 format.  On its own, TeX cannot read, much less typeset a Texinfo file.
  `texinfo.tex' is distributed with GDB and is located in the
-`gdb-5.2/texinfo' directory.
+`gdb-5.2.1/texinfo' directory.
 
    If you have TeX and a DVI printer program installed, you can typeset
 and print this manual.  First switch to the the `gdb' subdirectory of
-the main source directory (for example, to `gdb-5.2/gdb') and then type:
+the main source directory (for example, to `gdb-5.2.1/gdb') and then type:
 
       make doc/gdb.dvi
 
@@ -156,55 +156,55 @@
 a single directory, whose name is usually composed by appending the
 version number to `gdb'.
 
-   For example, the GDB version 5.2 distribution is in the `gdb-5.2'
+   For example, the GDB version 5.2.1 distribution is in the `gdb-5.2.1'
 directory.  That directory contains:
 
-`gdb-5.2/{COPYING,COPYING.LIB}'
+`gdb-5.2.1/{COPYING,COPYING.LIB}'
      Standard GNU license files.  Please read them.
 
-`gdb-5.2/bfd'
+`gdb-5.2.1/bfd'
      source for the Binary File Descriptor library
 
-`gdb-5.2/config*'
+`gdb-5.2.1/config*'
      script for configuring GDB, along with other support files
 
-`gdb-5.2/gdb'
+`gdb-5.2.1/gdb'
      the source specific to GDB itself
 
-`gdb-5.2/include'
+`gdb-5.2.1/include'
      GNU include files
 
-`gdb-5.2/libiberty'
+`gdb-5.2.1/libiberty'
      source for the `-liberty' free software library
 
-`gdb-5.2/mmalloc'
+`gdb-5.2.1/mmalloc'
      source for the GNU memory-mapped malloc package
 
-`gdb-5.2/opcodes'
+`gdb-5.2.1/opcodes'
      source for the library of opcode tables and disassemblers
 
-`gdb-5.2/readline'
+`gdb-5.2.1/readline'
      source for the GNU command-line interface
      NOTE:  The readline library is compiled for use by GDB, but will
      not be installed on your system when "make install" is issued.
 
-`gdb-5.2/sim'
+`gdb-5.2.1/sim'
      source for some simulators (ARM, D10V, SPARC, M32R, MIPS, PPC, V850, etc)
 
-`gdb-5.2/intl'
+`gdb-5.2.1/intl'
      source for the GNU gettext library, for internationalization.
      This is slightly modified from the standalone gettext
      distribution you can get from GNU.
 
-`gdb-5.2/texinfo'
+`gdb-5.2.1/texinfo'
      The `texinfo.tex' file, which you need in order to make a printed
      manual using TeX.
 
-`gdb-5.2/etc'
+`gdb-5.2.1/etc'
      Coding standards, useful files for editing GDB, and other
      miscellanea.
 
-`gdb-5.2/utils'
+`gdb-5.2.1/utils'
      A grab bag of random utilities.
 
    Note: the following instructions are for building GDB on Unix or
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@
 
    The simplest way to configure and build GDB is to run `configure'
 from the `gdb-VERSION-NUMBER' source directory, which in this example
-is the `gdb-5.2' directory.
+is the `gdb-5.2.1' directory.
 
    First switch to the `gdb-VERSION-NUMBER' source directory if you are
 not already in it; then run `configure'.
 
    For example:
 
-      cd gdb-5.2
+      cd gdb-5.2.1
       ./configure
       make
 
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@
       sh configure
 
    If you run `configure' from a directory that contains source
-directories for multiple libraries or programs, such as the `gdb-5.2'
-source directory for version 5.2, `configure' creates configuration
+directories for multiple libraries or programs, such as the `gdb-5.2.1'
+source directory for version 5.2.1, `configure' creates configuration
 files for every directory level underneath (unless you tell it not to,
 with the `--norecursion' option).
 
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@
 directories in the GDB distribution, if you only want to configure that
 subdirectory; but be sure to specify a path to it.
 
-   For example, with version 5.2, type the following to configure only
+   For example, with version 5.2.1, type the following to configure only
 the `bfd' subdirectory:
 
-      cd gdb-5.2/bfd
+      cd gdb-5.2.1/bfd
       ../configure
 
    You can install `gdb' anywhere; it has no hardwired paths. However,
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@
 argument to `--srcdir', you can leave out the `--srcdir' option; it
 will be assumed.)
 
-   For example, with version 5.2, you can build GDB in a separate
+   For example, with version 5.2.1, you can build GDB in a separate
 directory for a Sun 4 like this:
 
-     cd gdb-5.2
+     cd gdb-5.2.1
      mkdir ../gdb-sun4
      cd ../gdb-sun4
-     ../gdb-5.2/configure
+     ../gdb-5.2.1/configure
      make
 
    When `configure' builds a configuration using a remote source
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@
 
    The `Makefile' that `configure' generates in each source directory
 also runs recursively.  If you type `make' in a source directory such
-as `gdb-5.2' (or in a separate configured directory configured with
-`--srcdir=PATH/gdb-5.2'), you will build all the required libraries,
+as `gdb-5.2.1' (or in a separate configured directory configured with
+`--srcdir=PATH/gdb-5.2.1'), you will build all the required libraries,
 and then build GDB.
 
    When you have multiple hosts or targets configured in separate
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
      Invalid configuration `i786v': machine `i786v' not recognized
 
 `config.sub' is also distributed in the GDB source directory
-(`gdb-5.2', for version 5.2).
+(`gdb-5.2.1', for version 5.2.1).
 
 
 `configure' options
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 address "bug-gdb@gnu.org".
 
    When submitting a bug, please include the GDB version number (e.g.,
-gdb-5.2), and how you configured it (e.g., "sun4" or "mach386 host,
+gdb-5.2.1), and how you configured it (e.g., "sun4" or "mach386 host,
 i586-intel-synopsys target").  Since GDB now supports so many
 different configurations, it is important that you be precise about
 this.  If at all possible, you should include the actual banner that
@@ -551,17 +551,17 @@
 Once DejaGNU is installed, you can run the tests in one of the
 following ways:
 
-  (1)	cd gdb-5.2
+  (1)	cd gdb-5.2.1
 	make check-gdb
 
 or
 
-  (2)	cd gdb-5.2/gdb
+  (2)	cd gdb-5.2.1/gdb
 	make check
 
 or
 
-  (3)	cd gdb-5.2/gdb/testsuite
+  (3)	cd gdb-5.2.1/gdb/testsuite
 	make site.exp	(builds the site specific file)
 	runtest -tool gdb GDB=../gdb    (or GDB=<somepath> as appropriate)
 

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