Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] GDB 7.0.1 released!

[Tobias Hahn <tobias dot hahn at ableton dot com>]

Sorry if this a FAQ, but is there a place where the current x86/x86_64 Darwin status is tracked, in particular support for debugging dylibs and the missing 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!
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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  53ebade39bfdc1d06744e5188b6438b1  gdb-7.0.1.tar.bz2
>  23MB  100d6e5524be1a34ba61556a7389a297  gdb-7.0.1.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 7.0.1 is a minor corrective release.  The following fixes have been
> made over GDB 7.0 (release Oct 06, 2009):
> 
>  * 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.
> 
> GDB 7.0 featured new platforms being supported, major new features, 
> enhancements and bug fixes. For a complete list and more details on each
> iteam, please see the gdb/NEWS file.
> 
> The new native configurations being supported are:
> 
>  * x86/x86_64 Darwin
>  * x86_64 MinGW
> 
> Support for the following targets has been added:
> 
>  * Lattice Mico32                  
>  * x86/x86_64 DICOS                
>  * S+core 3                        
>  * The remote stub now supports x86 Windows CE
> 
> The major new features are:
> 
>  * Python scripting support
>  * Reverse debugging, Process record and replay
>  * Non-stop debugging
>  * Multi-architecture debugging
>  * Multi-inferior, multi-process debugging
> 
> It also features many enhancements and bug fixes, including:
> 
>  * 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
> 
> -- 
> Joel