Re: Mention signal fixes in NEWS

Eli Zaretskii
2004-05-13T04:52:00Z

> Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:07:49 -0400
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>
> The attached makes mention of all the signal changes in the NEWS file.
>
> Thoughts?

Okay, but:

> +Many generic problems with GDB's signal handling code have been fixed.
> +These include: support for sigaltstack and sigaction;

I'd prefer that we spell out what this ``support for sigaltstack and
sigaction'' means, in user-level terms. That is, what exactly didn't
work before and now does, when sigaltstack and sigaction are involved?

> +Note that kernel and architecture specific limitations may still
> +restrict this functionality (ref PR gdb/1639).

How about being more explicit here? What configurations have this
new support, and which don't? Can we list at least the more popular
platforms in each category?