From 283e6a52fcfdaaaeae882884a5b848e44249f324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Tromey Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:44:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: Mention labels, .gdb_index. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gdb/NEWS | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 008c2b3215..7daad592ca 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-07-27 Tom Tromey + + * NEWS: Mention labels, .gdb_index. + 2010-07-28 CHENG Renquan * cli/cli-cmds.c (disassemble_command): Add support of disassemble diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index 67484493b7..0aea3fb349 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.2 +* GDB now has some support for using labels in the program's source in + linespecs. For instance, you can use "advance label" to continue + execution to a label. + +* GDB now has support for reading and writing a new .gdb_index + section. This section holds a fast index of DWARF debugging + information and can be used to greatly speed up GDB startup and + operation. See the documentation for `save gdb-index' for details. + *** Changes in GDB 7.2 * Shared library support for remote targets by default