From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27234 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2010 18:41:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 27218 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Jul 2010 18:41:16 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:41:10 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6RIf7nA013090 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:41:08 -0400 Received: from ns3.rdu.redhat.com (ns3.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.255.199]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6RIf7LL030411; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:41:07 -0400 Received: from opsy.redhat.com (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by ns3.rdu.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6RIf6aT017361; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:41:07 -0400 Received: by opsy.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id AB44DC881A9; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:41:06 -0600 (MDT) From: Tom Tromey To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: RFA: update NEWS for new 7.2 features Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:41:00 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-07/txt/msg00442.txt.bz2 This patch adds NEWS entries for the label patch and for .gdb_index. Please review. Tom 2010-07-27 Tom Tromey * NEWS: Mention labels, .gdb_index. Index: NEWS =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/NEWS,v retrieving revision 1.394 diff -u -r1.394 NEWS --- NEWS 22 Jul 2010 10:52:02 -0000 1.394 +++ NEWS 27 Jul 2010 18:40:31 -0000 @@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.2 +* GDB now has some support for using labels in the program's source in + linespecs. For instance, you can use "advance label" to continue + execution to a label. + +* GDB now has support for reading and writing a new .gdb_index + section. This section holds a fast index of DWARF debugging + information and can be used to greatly speed up GDB startup and + operation. See the documentation for `save gdb-index' for details. + *** Changes in GDB 7.2 * Shared library support for remote targets by default