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@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.3.1
 
+*** Changes in GDB 7.4
+
+* GDB now handles ambiguous linespecs more consistently; the existing
+  FILE:LINE support has been expanded to other types of linespecs.  A
+  breakpoint will now be set on all matching locations in all
+  inferiors, and locations will be added or removed according to
+  inferior changes.
+
 * GDB now allows you to skip uninteresting functions and files when
   stepping with the "skip function" and "skip file" commands.
 
@@ -65,6 +73,16 @@
      the standard Python "iteritems" method, it will recursively traverse
      any anonymous fields.
 
+* MI changes
+
+  ** "*stopped" events can report several new "reason"s, such as
+     "solib-event".
+
+  ** Breakpoint changes are now notified using new async records, like
+     "=breakpoint-modified".
+
+  ** New command -ada-task-info.
+
 * libthread-db-search-path now supports two special values: $sdir and $pdir.
   $sdir specifies the default system locations of shared libraries.
   $pdir specifies the directory where the libpthread used by the application
@@ -233,6 +251,10 @@ qTMinFTPILen
 
 Texas Instruments TMS320C6x            tic6x-*-*
 
+* New Simulators
+
+Renesas RL78                           rl78-*-elf
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.3.1
 
 * The build failure for NetBSD and OpenBSD targets have now been fixed.