From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22633 invoked by alias); 5 Jan 2010 22:54:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 22624 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Jan 2010 22:54:38 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.ableton.net (HELO mail.ableton.net) (62.96.12.115) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:54:27 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GDB 7.0.1 released! From: Tobias Hahn In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <4F6D3FFB-7ED7-4DDA-96FD-4A2D7392E42F@ableton.com> References: To: gdb@sourceware.org Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:54:00 -0000 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-01/txt/msg00045.txt.bz2 Sorry if this a FAQ, but is there a place where the current x86/x86_64 Darw= in status is tracked, in particular support for debugging dylibs and the mi= ssing symbols issue (which can be worked around using dsymutil)? Best, Tobias Am 22.12.2009 um 19:05 schrieb Joel Brobecker: > GDB 7.0.1 released! >=20 > Release 7.0.1 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. >=20 > You can download GDB from the GNU FTP server in the directory: >=20 > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb >=20 > The vital stats: >=20 > Size md5sum Name > 17MB 53ebade39bfdc1d06744e5188b6438b1 gdb-7.0.1.tar.bz2 > 23MB 100d6e5524be1a34ba61556a7389a297 gdb-7.0.1.tar.gz >=20 > There is a web page for GDB at:=20 >=20 > http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ >=20 > 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. >=20 > GDB 7.0.1 is a minor corrective release. The following fixes have been > made over GDB 7.0 (release Oct 06, 2009): >=20 > * GDB Crash due to stack overflow (PR gdb/10457); > * Build failure on newer versions of FreeBSD; > * Crash on solaris when reading symbols (PR gdb/10819); > * Thumb2 debugging support; > * Build failure on IRIX 5.3 (MAP_FAILED not defined); > * Buffer overflow during function epilogue analysis > (debuggers targeted for x86_64 only); > * Crash trying to complete the "catch exception" command; > * GDB freeze (infinite loop); > * GDB Crash accessing printing structure with bitfield (PR gdb/10884); > * Various testsuite fixes (not affecting the debugger); > * The manual now provides the correct GPL version licensing text. > Similarly, file gdb/COPYING now provides the text of the GPL version 3. >=20 > GDB 7.0 featured new platforms being supported, major new features,=20 > enhancements and bug fixes. For a complete list and more details on each > iteam, please see the gdb/NEWS file. >=20 > The new native configurations being supported are: >=20 > * x86/x86_64 Darwin > * x86_64 MinGW >=20 > Support for the following targets has been added: >=20 > * Lattice Mico32=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 > * x86/x86_64 DICOS=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 > * S+core 3=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20 > * The remote stub now supports x86 Windows CE >=20 > The major new features are: >=20 > * Python scripting support > * Reverse debugging, Process record and replay > * Non-stop debugging > * Multi-architecture debugging > * Multi-inferior, multi-process debugging >=20 > It also features many enhancements and bug fixes, including: >=20 > * GDB now has an interface for JIT compilation > * Tracepoints may now be conditional > * Multi-byte and wide character set support > * New /r and /m modifiers for the "disassemble" command > * Automatic retrieval of shared library files from remote targets > * Inlined functions are now supported > * New remote protocal packets > * GDB is now able to read compressed debug sections > * Thread switching is now supported on Tru64 > * Ada task switching is now supported > * New features in gdbserver, the GDB remote stub > * New command to stop execution when a system call is made >=20 > --=20 > Joel