Allow making GDB not automatically connect to the native target.

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index e5d413002b0608777c95203817048bfd99db8e7c..4663650253e6731756d557e42350c0a333029565 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ maint ada show ignore-descriptive-types
   the user manual for more details on descriptive types and the intended
   usage of this option.
 
+set auto-connect-native-target
+
+  Control whether GDB is allowed to automatically connect to the
+  native target for the run, attach, etc. commands when not connected
+  to any target yet.  See also "target native" below.
+
 * New features in the GDB remote stub, GDBserver
 
   ** New option --debug-format=option1[,option2,...] allows one to add
@@ -108,6 +114,10 @@ maint ada show ignore-descriptive-types
   commands: "help target", "info target", "info files", "maint print
   target-stack".
 
+* The "target native" command now connects to the native target.  This
+  can be used to launch native programs even when "set
+  auto-connect-native-target" is set to off.
+
 * New remote packets
 
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