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5.1 NEWS


Hello,

The NEWS file could do with a few more updates.

Pascal and ``limited support for the C++ v3.0 ABI'' come to mind.

	Andrew

*** Changes since GDB 5.0:

* "info symbol" works on platforms which use COFF, ECOFF, XCOFF, and NLM.

* The MI enabled.

The new machine oriented interface (MI) introduced in GDB 5.0 has been
revised and enabled.

* New native configurations

Alpha FreeBSD                                   alpha*-*-freebsd*
x86 FreeBSD 3.x and 4.x                         i[3456]86*-freebsd[34]*

* New targets

* OBSOLETE configurations and files

x86 FreeBSD before 2.2 
i[3456]86*-freebsd{1,2.[01]}*,
Harris/CXUX m88k                                m88*-harris-cxux*
Most ns32k hosts and targets                    ns32k-*-mach3* ns32k-umax-*
                                                 ns32k-utek-sysv* 
ns32k-utek-*
TI TMS320C80                                    tic80-*-*
WDC 65816                                       w65-*-*
Ultracomputer (29K) running Sym1                a29k-nyu-sym1 a29k-*-kern*
PowerPC Solaris                                 powerpcle-*-solaris*
PowerPC Windows NT                              powerpcle-*-cygwin32
PowerPC Netware                                 powerpc-*-netware*
SunOS 4.0.Xi on i386                            i[3456]86-*-sunos*
Sony NEWS (68K) running NEWSOS 3.x              m68*-sony-sysv news
ISI Optimum V (3.05) under 4.3bsd.              m68*-isi-*
Apple Macintosh (MPW) host                      N/A

stuff.c (Program to stuff files into a specially prepared space in kdb)
kdb-start.c (Main loop for the standalone kernel debugger)

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.

* REMOVED configurations and files

Altos 3068                                      m68*-altos-*
Convex                                          c1-*-*, c2-*-*
Pyramid                                         pyramid-*-*
ARM RISCix                                      arm-*-* (as host)
Tahoe                                           tahoe-*-*
ser-ocd.c                                       *-*-*

* Other news:

* All MIPS configurations are multi-arched.

Multi-arch support is enabled for all MIPS configurations.

* GDB's version number moved to ``version.in''

The Makefile variable VERSION has been replaced by the file
``version.in''.  People creating GDB distributions should update the
contents of this file.

* gdba.el deleted

GUD support is now a standard part of the EMACS distribution.



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