[fpc-pascal] Fwd: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GDB 7.1 released!

[Jonas Maebe]

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> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore.com>
> Date: 18 Mar 2010 23:20:49 GMT+01:00
> To: gdb at sourceware.org
> Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GDB 7.1 released!
> Reply-To: gdb at sourceware.org
> 
>            GDB 7.1 released!
> 
> Release 7.1 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.
> 
> You can download GDB from the GNU FTP server in the directory:
> 
>        ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb
> 
> The vital stats:
> 
>  Size  md5sum                            Name
>  17MB  21dce610476c054687b52770d2ddc657  gdb-7.1.tar.bz2
>  23MB  01a6ce13bab5307cfac5c405e4afd1cf  gdb-7.1.tar.gz
> 
> There is a web page for GDB at: 
> 
>        http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/
> 
> 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.
> 
> GDB 7.1 brings new targets, features and improvements, including:
> 
> Support for new targets (including a simulator):
> 
>  * Xilinx MicroBlaze
>  * Renesas RX
> 
> The major new features are:
> 
>  * Multi-program debugging, allowing the debugger to control more than
>    one program within the same GDB session.
>  * Position Independent Executable (PIE) debugging.
> 
> It also features many enhancements and bug fixes, including:
> 
>  * Python support has been extended.
>  * C++ support improvements (namespace, cast operators, bug fixes)
>  * Tracepoint support improvements.
>  * Process Record improvements (save/restore execution log, hardware
>    watchpoint support).
>  * Remote protocol enhancements (Linux kernel debugging, new packets
>    for tracepoint support)
> 
> For a complete list and more details on each item, please see the
> gdb/NEWS file.
> 
> -- 
> Joel