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| author | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2004-06-14 13:34:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2004-06-14 13:34:01 +0000 |
| commit | b68009128926dbf3ac3bef810fd247fc553f5fd2 (patch) | |
| tree | 560a6d5a8c7556049ee1818d7a5a623e0012cc99 | |
| parent | aa118104e160cce95a810a790cf08f13862d9784 (diff) | |
| download | gdb-b68009128926dbf3ac3bef810fd247fc553f5fd2.tar.gz | |
2004-06-14 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
* NEWS: Describe the problems fixed by the location-expression,
and DW_EH_PE_funcrel changes. Mention pending breakpoints (based
on earlier posts from Jeff Johnston and Eli Zaretskii).
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/NEWS | 25 |
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 8b1c298f516..b1d730d84ec 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2004-06-14 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> + + * NEWS: Describe the problems fixed by the location-expression, + and DW_EH_PE_funcrel changes. Mention pending breakpoints (based + on earlier posts from Jeff Johnston and Eli Zaretskii). + 2004-06-12 Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> Import from mainline: @@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ *** Changes in GDB 6.1.1: +* Pending breakpoint support (also included in GDB 6.1) + +Support has been added to allow you to specify breakpoints in shared +libraries that have not yet been loaded. If a breakpoint location +cannot be found, and the "breakpoint pending" option is set to auto, +GDB queries you if you wish to make the breakpoint pending on a future +shared-library load. If and when GDB resolves the breakpoint symbol, +the pending breakpoint is removed as one or more regular breakpoints +are created. + +Pending breakpoints are very useful for GCJ Java debugging. + * Fixed ISO-C build problems The files bfd/elf-bfd.h, gdb/dictionary.c and gdb/types.c contained @@ -25,10 +37,17 @@ systems (Solaris, IRIX). Ref: server/519. Older HPUX ANSI C compilers did not accept variable array sizes. somsolib.c has been updated to use constant array sizes. -* Bug fixes +* Fixed a panic in the DWARF Call Frame Info code on Solaris 2.7 + +GCC 3.3.2, on Solaris 2.7, includes the DW_EH_PE_funcrel encoding in +its generated DWARF Call Frame Info. This encoding was causing GDB to +panic, that panic has been fixed. Ref: gdb/1628. + +* Fixed a problem when examining parameters in shared library code. -gdb/1628: GDB now handles the DW_EH_PE_funcrel encoding in DWARF Call -Frame Info. +When examining parameters in optimized shared library code generated +by a mainline GCC, GDB would incorrectly report ``Variable "..." is +not available''. GDB now correctly displays the variable's value. *** Changes in GDB 6.1: |