[commit/www] Added gdb-6.6 release announcement
Joel Brobecker
brobecker@adacore.com
Mon Dec 18 11:05:00 GMT 2006
Hello,
I updated the GDB web site to announce gdb-6.6 as the latest release...
2006-12-18 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
* news/index.html: Add entry for gdb-6.6 release.
* index.html: Likewise. Remove entry for the previous (6.5) release.
* download/index.html: Update current release version.
* download/ANNOUNCEMENT: Replace by ANNOUNCEMENT file for the new
gdb-6.6 release.
The pages at gnu.org have also been updated so both copies are in sync :-)
--
Joel
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--- index.html 28 Nov 2006 13:53:32 -0000 1.172
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@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ Pascal (and many other languages). Thos
on the same machine as GDB (native) or on another machine (remote). GDB
can run on most popular UNIX and Microsoft Windows variants.<p>
-<h3>GDB version 6.5</h3>
+<h3>GDB version 6.6</h3>
-Version <a href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">6.5</a> of GDB, the GNU
+Version <a href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">6.6</a> of GDB, the GNU
Debugger, is now available for <a
href="../gdb/download/">download</a>. See the <a
href="../gdb/download/ANNOUNCEMENT">ANNOUNCEMENT</a> for details
@@ -102,6 +102,24 @@ better.
-->
+<dt>December 18, 2006: <b>GDB 6.6 Released!</b></dt>
+<dd>
+<p> The latest version of GDB, version 6.6, is available for <a
+href="../gdb/download/">download</a>.
+<p>
+Changes in this release include:
+<ul>
+<li>New targets (xtensa-elf, spu-elf)
+<li>New remote stub ports (windows and cygwin)
+<li>GNU/Linux Thread Local Storage (TLS) enhancements
+<li>New remote protocol packets
+<li>Various new commands
+</ul>
+See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this
+release includes.
+<p>
+</dd>
+
<dt>Nov 28, 2006: <b>Reversible Debugging</b></dt>
<dd>
<p> The GDB maintainers are looking for contributors interested
@@ -119,28 +137,6 @@ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.c
</p>
</dd>
-<dt>June 20, 2006: <b>GDB 6.5 Released!</b></dt>
-<dd>
-<p> The latest version of GDB, version 6.5, is available for <a
-href="../gdb/download/">download</a>.
-<p>
-Changes in this release include:
-<ul>
-<li>New targets (m32c-elf, ms1-elf)
-<li>Improved Modula-2 support
-<li>Improved Windows host support (i686-mingw32)
-<li>Various new commands (see gdb/NEWS)
-<li>Checkpoint support (currently only supported on GNU/Linux)<br>
-GDB is now able to save a snapshot of a program's state, called a
-checkpoint, and come back to it later. By effectively undoing everything
-that has happened since a checkpoint was saved, this feature is like
-going back in time since the checkpoint was saved.
-</ul>
-See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this
-release includes.
-</p>
-</dd>
-
</dl>
Late breaking information, such as recently added features, can be
@@ -189,7 +185,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
-<p>Last modified 2006-11-28.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2006-12-18.</p>
</address>
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RCS file: /cvs/gdb/htdocs/download/ANNOUNCEMENT,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -p -r1.14 ANNOUNCEMENT
--- download/ANNOUNCEMENT 21 Jun 2006 06:26:36 -0000 1.14
+++ download/ANNOUNCEMENT 18 Dec 2006 10:33:20 -0000
@@ -1,76 +1,99 @@
- GDB 6.5 released!
-Release 6.5 of GDB, the GNU Debugger, is now available via anonymous
-FTP. GDB is a source-level debugger for C, C++, Ada, Java 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.
+ GDB 6.6 released!
-Since the previous release (6.4, released on December 2005) we've made
-many fixes and enhancements including:
+Release 6.6 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.
-* New targets
+You can download GDB from the GNU FTP server in the directory:
-Renesas M32C/M16C m32c-elf
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb
-Morpho Technologies ms1 ms1-elf
+The vital stats:
-* New commands
+ Size md5sum Name
+ 14MB a4df41d28dd514d64e8ccbfe125fd9a6 gdb-6.6.tar.bz2
+ 18MB 18be4e7a1ac713bda93d00fee20bbef8 gdb-6.6.tar.gz
-init-if-undefined Initialize a convenience variable, but
- only if it doesn't already have a value.
+There is a web page for GDB at:
-The following commands are presently only implemented for native GNU/Linux:
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
-checkpoint Save a snapshot of the program state.
+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.
-restart <n> Return the program state to a
- previously saved state.
+Since the previous release (6.5, released on June 2006) we've made
+many fixes and enhancements including:
-info checkpoints List currently saved checkpoints.
+* New targets
-delete-checkpoint <n> Delete a previously saved checkpoint.
+Xtensa xtensa-elf
+Cell Broadband Engine SPU spu-elf
-set|show detach-on-fork Tell gdb whether to detach from a newly
- forked process, or to keep debugging it.
+* GDB can now be configured as a cross-debugger targeting native Windows
+(mingw32) or Cygwin. It can communicate with a remote debugging stub
+running on a Windows system over TCP/IP to debug Windows programs.
+
+* The GDB remote stub, gdbserver, has been updated to support Windows and
+Cygwin debugging. Both single-threaded and multi-threaded programs are
+supported.
-info forks List forks of the user program that
- are available to be debugged.
+* The "set trust-readonly-sections" command works again. This command was
+broken in GDB 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5.
-fork <n> Switch to debugging one of several
- forks of the user program that are
- available to be debugged.
+* Support for GNU/Linux Thread Local Storage (TLS, per-thread variables) no
+longer requires symbolic debug information (e.g. DWARF-2).
-delete-fork <n> Delete a fork from the list of forks
- that are available to be debugged (and
- kill the forked process).
+* New commands
+
+set substitute-path
+unset substitute-path
+show substitute-path
+ Manage a list of substitution rules that GDB uses to rewrite the name
+ of the directories where the sources are located. This can be useful
+ for instance when the sources were moved to a different location
+ between compilation and debugging.
+
+set trace-commands
+show trace-commands
+ Print each CLI command as it is executed. Each command is prefixed with
+ a number of `+' symbols representing the nesting depth.
+ The source command now has a `-v' option to enable the same feature.
-detach-fork <n> Delete a fork from the list of forks
- that are available to be debugged (and
- allow the process to continue).
+* REMOVED features
-* New architecture
+The ARM Demon monitor support (RDP protocol, "target rdp").
-Morpho Technologies ms2 ms1-elf
+Kernel Object Display, an embedded debugging feature which only worked with
+an obsolete version of Cisco IOS.
-* Improved Windows host support
+The 'set download-write-size' and 'show download-write-size' commands.
-GDB now builds as a cross debugger hosted on i686-mingw32, including
-native console support, and remote communications using either
-network sockets or serial ports.
+* New remote packets
-* Improved Modula-2 language support
+qSupported:
+ Tell a stub about GDB client features, and request remote target features.
+ The first feature implemented is PacketSize, which allows the target to
+ specify the size of packets it can handle - to minimize the number of
+ packets required and improve performance when connected to a remote
+ target.
-GDB can now print most types in the Modula-2 syntax. This includes:
-basic types, set types, record types, enumerated types, range types,
-pointer types and ARRAY types. Procedure var parameters are correctly
-printed and hexadecimal addresses and character constants are also
-written in the Modula-2 syntax. Best results can be obtained by using
-GNU Modula-2 together with the -gdwarf-2 command line option.
+qXfer:auxv:read:
+ Fetch an OS auxilliary vector from the remote stub. This packet is a
+ more efficient replacement for qPart:auxv:read.
-* REMOVED features
+* Removed remote packets
-The ARM rdi-share module.
+qPart:auxv:read:
+ This packet has been replaced by qXfer:auxv:read. Only GDB 6.4 and 6.5
+ used it, and only gdbserver implemented it.
-The Netware NLM debug server.
Index: download/index.html
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retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -p -r1.42 index.html
--- download/index.html 6 Jul 2006 03:18:07 -0000 1.42
+++ download/index.html 18 Dec 2006 10:33:20 -0000
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Fish]" /></a>
<!-- body, update above using ../../gdb/index.sh -->
-<h3>The most recent release (<a href="ANNOUNCEMENT">GDB 6.5</a>):</h3>
+<h3>The most recent release (<a href="ANNOUNCEMENT">GDB 6.6</a>):</h3>
You can download the most recent official release of GDB from either
Project GNU's FTP server, or Red Hat's sources site:
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
-<p>Last modified 2006-07-05.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2006-12-18.</p>
</address>
</body>
Index: news/index.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gdb/htdocs/news/index.html,v
retrieving revision 1.76
diff -u -p -r1.76 index.html
--- news/index.html 28 Nov 2006 13:53:32 -0000 1.76
+++ news/index.html 18 Dec 2006 10:33:21 -0000
@@ -62,6 +62,24 @@ better.
-->
+<dt>December 18, 2006: <b>GDB 6.6 Released!</b></dt>
+<dd>
+<p> The latest version of GDB, version 6.6, is available for <a
+href="../../gdb/download/">download</a>.
+<p>
+Changes in this release include:
+<ul>
+<li>New targets (xtensa-elf, spu-elf)
+<li>New remote stub ports (windows and cygwin)
+<li>GNU/Linux Thread Local Storage (TLS) enhancements
+<li>New remote protocol packets
+<li>Various new commands
+</ul>
+See the NEWS file for a more complete and detailed list of what this
+release includes.
+<p>
+</dd>
+
<dt>Nov 28, 2006: <b>Reversible Debugging</b></dt>
<dd>
<p> The GDB maintainers are looking for contributors interested
@@ -666,7 +684,7 @@ Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.</p>
<p>Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is
permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.</p>
-<p>Last modified 2006-11-28.</p>
+<p>Last modified 2006-12-18.</p>
</address>
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