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* Makefile.in (VERSION): Bump version number to 4.16.1 

* NEWS: Update for 4.16 release.
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What has changed in GDB?
(Organized release by release)
*** Changes since GDB-4.15:
* Memory use reductions and statistics collection
We have begun to implement changes that reduce gdb's memory requirements
and to report statistics about memory usage. Try the "maint print statistics"
command, for example.
*** Changes in GDB-4.16:
* New native configurations
Windows 95, Windows NT i[345]86-*-win32
Windows 95, x86 Windows NT i[345]86-*-cygwin32
M68K NetBSD m68k-*-netbsd*
PowerPC AIX 4.x powerpc-*-aix*
PowerPC MacOS powerpc-*-macos*
PowerPC Windows NT powerpcle-*-cygwin32
RS/6000 AIX 4.x rs6000-*-aix4*
* New targets
ARM via RDP protocol arm-*-*
PowerPC via PPCBUG monitor powerpc{,le}-*-eabi*
PowerPC simulator powerpc{,le}-*-eabi if building with GCC
ARM with RDP protocol arm-*-*
I960 with MON960 i960-*-coff
MIPS VxWorks mips*-*-vxworks*
MIPS VR4300 with PMON mips64*vr4300{,el}-*-elf*
PowerPC with PPCBUG monitor powerpc{,le}-*-eabi*
Hitachi SH3 sh-*-*
Matra Sparclet sparclet-*-*
* PowerPC simulator
The powerpc-eabi configuration now includes the PSIM simulator,
contributed by Andrew Cagney, with assistance from Mike Meissner.
PSIM is a very elaborate model of the PowerPC, including not only
basic instruction set execution, but also details of execution unit
performance and I/O hardware. See sim/ppc/README for more details.
* Solaris 2.5
GDB now works with Solaris 2.5.
* Windows 95/NT native
GDB will now work as a native debugger on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
To build it from source, you must use the "gnu-win32" environment,
which uses a DLL to emulate enough of Unix to run the GNU tools.
Further information, binaries, and sources are available at
ftp.cygnus.com, under pub/gnu-win32.
* dont-repeat command
If a user-defined command includes the command `dont-repeat', then the
command will not be repeated if the user just types return. This is
useful if the command is time-consuming to run, so that accidental
extra keystrokes don't run the same command many times.
* Send break instead of ^C
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rather than a ^C to the target in order to interrupt it. By default,
GDB will send ^C; to send a break, set the variable `remotebreak' to 1.
* Automatic tracking of dynamic object loading (HPUX and Solaris only at
the moment).
* Remote protocol timeout
The standard remote protocol includes a new variable `remotetimeout'
that allows you to set the number of seconds before GDB gives up trying
to read from the target. The default value is 2.
* Automatic tracking of dynamic object loading (HPUX and Solaris only)
By default GDB will automatically keep track of objects as they are
loaded and unloaded by the dynamic linker. By using the command
"set stop-on-solib-events 1" you can arrange for GDB to stop the
inferior when shared library events occur, thus allowing you to
set breakpoints in shared libraries which are explicitly loaded by
the inferior.
loaded and unloaded by the dynamic linker. By using the command `set
stop-on-solib-events 1' you can arrange for GDB to stop the inferior
when shared library events occur, thus allowing you to set breakpoints
in shared libraries which are explicitly loaded by the inferior.
Note this feature does not work on hpux8. On hpux9 you must link
/usr/lib/end.o into your program. This feature should work automatically
on hpux10.
Note this feature does not work on hpux8. On hpux9 you must link
/usr/lib/end.o into your program. This feature should work
automatically on hpux10.
* Irix 5.x hardware watchpoint support
Irix 5 configurations now support the use of hardware watchpoints.
* Mips protocol "SYN garbage limit"
When debugging a Mips target using the `target mips' protocol, you
may set the number of characters that GDB will ignore by setting
the `syn-garbage-limit'. A value of -1 means that GDB will ignore
every character. The default value is 1050.
* Recording and replaying remote debug sessions
If you set "remotelogfile" gdb will use that filename to make a
"recording" of a remote debug session which can be replayed back to
gdb using "gdbreplay". See gdbserver/README for details. This is
useful when you have a problem with gdb while doing remote debugging.
By making a recording of the session and sending it to the gdb
maintainers, it is possible to recreate your problem without access to
the remote hardware you are using.
If you set `remotelogfile' to the name of a file, gdb will write to it
a recording of a remote debug session. This recording may then be
replayed back to gdb using "gdbreplay". See gdbserver/README for
details. This is useful when you have a problem with GDB while doing
remote debugging; you can make a recording of the session and send it
to someone else, who can then recreate the problem.
* Speedups for remote debugging
GDB includes speedups for downloading and stepping MIPS systems using
the IDT monitor, fast downloads to the Hitachi SH E7000 emulator,
and more efficient S-record downloading.
* Memory use reductions and statistics collection
GDB now uses less memory and reports statistics about memory usage.
Try the `maint print statistics' command, for example.
*** Changes in GDB-4.15: