GDB 10.1 release -- 2020-09-18 Update

Joel Brobecker
2020-09-18T23:46:04Z

Hello,

A quick update on the release status since the 10.0.90 pre-release
was published last Saturday...

So far, we don't have anything really worrisome that could significantly
delay the release. I'll try to find some time to test the gnulib patches
that Eli pointed out next week.

Fixed Since the Previous Update:
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Fixed prior to branching:

* [TomT/HannesD] <PR win32/25302>
Mismatching fstat() function calls in gdb_bfd_open() and cache_bstat()
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25302

Fixed since branching:

* [TomT] <PR gdb/26598> (reported by SimonM)
skip compares pattern against mangled name
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26598

* [TomT] <PR rust/26197>
rust FAILs with rustc 1.36.0 and llvm 7
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26197

Added Since the Last Update:
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Other Ongoing Items:
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* [EliZ] <PR build/26607>
GDB build failure in gnulib if building on Windows version older than 8
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26607

gnulib pushed a couple of patches:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-September/171920.html

The proposal is the following:
- On the branch: we review, and test the two patches, then
integrate them;
- On master, we schedule a gnulib update.

Not Critical, but Requested:
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* [<unassigned>] <PR python/26586> (raised by Christian B)
from_tty argument to Python's gdb.execute is no longer effective
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26586

Not release blocking because not exactly a regressions (8.2 and 9
already had the bug).

* [AntonK, ShahabV] (suggested by SimonM)
Add ARC Linux gdbserver support

Patch (Aug 26th):
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-August/171499.html

Latest messages:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-September/171911.html

--
Joel