DWARF-5: NEWS

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 *** Changes since GDB 7.12
 
+* GDB now supports access to the PKU register on GNU/Linux. The register is
+  added by the Memory Protection Keys for Userspace feature which will be
+  available in future Intel CPUs.
+
 * Python Scripting
 
   ** New functions to start, stop and access a running btrace recording.
@@ -56,6 +60,9 @@
 
 * Target descriptions can now describe registers for sparc32 and sparc64.
 
+* GDB now supports DWARF version 5 (debug information format).
+  Its .debug_names index is not yet supported.
+
 * New native configurations
 
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