* ltconfig, ltmain.sh, libtool.m4, ltcf-c.sh, ltcf-cxx.sh,

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

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 64cb12c6825d65d5fe7c549ef56f9670d8966ca8..9e211fed4c3c8e0ee384a134f2bd10d729fafeec 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,45 @@
                What has changed in GDB?
             (Organized release by release)
 
+*** Changes since GDB 5.0:
+
+* "info symbol" works on platforms which use COFF, ECOFF, XCOFF, and NLM.
+
+* New native configurations
+
+Alpha FreeBSD                                  alpha*-*-freebsd*
+x86 FreeBSD 3.x and 4.x                                i[3456]86*-freebsd[34]*
+
+* New targets
+
+* OBSOLETE configurations
+
+x86 FreeBSD before 2.2                         i[3456]86*-freebsd{1,2.[01]}*, 
+Harris/CXUX m88k                               m88*-harris-cxux*
+
+Configurations that have been declared obsolete in this release have
+been commented out.  Unless there is activity to revive these
+configurations, the next release of GDB will have their sources
+permanently REMOVED.
+
+* REMOVED configurations
+
+Altos 3068                                     m68*-altos-*
+Convex                                         c1-*-*, c2-*-*
+Pyramid                                                pyramid-*-*
+ARM RISCix                                     arm-*-* (as host)
+Tahoe                                          tahoe-*-*
+
+* Other news:
+
+* All MIPS configurations are multi-arched.
+
+Multi-arch support is enabled for all MIPS configurations.
+
+* gdba.el deleted
+
+GUD support is now a standard part of the EMACS distribution.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 5.0:
 
 * Improved support for debugging FP programs on x86 targets
@@ -72,6 +111,10 @@ but the code will be left in place.  If there is no activity to revive
 these configurations before the next release of GDB, the sources will
 be permanently REMOVED.
 
+* Gould support removed
+
+Support for the Gould PowerNode and NP1 has been removed.
+
 * New features for SVR4
 
 On SVR4 native platforms (such as Solaris), if you attach to a process
@@ -124,9 +167,9 @@ try to find a command that does what you are looking for.
 
 A new machine oriented interface (MI) has been added to GDB.  This
 interface is designed for debug environments running GDB as a separate
-process.  This is part of the long term libGDB project.  See
-gdb/mi/gdbmi.texinfo for further information.  It can be enabled by
-configuring with:
+process.  This is part of the long term libGDB project.  See the
+"GDB/MI" chapter of the GDB manual for further information.  It can be
+enabled by configuring with:
 
        .../configure --enable-gdbmi