Extend "set cwd" to work on gdbserver

[external/binutils.git] / gdb / NEWS

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 9246659..2bad096 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 
 * New features in the GDB remote stub, GDBserver
 
+  ** GDBserver is now able to start inferior processes with a
+     specified initial working directory.
+
+     The user can set the desired working directory to be used from
+     GDB using the new "set cwd" command.
+
   ** New "--selftest" command line option runs some GDBserver self
      tests.  These self tests are disabled in releases.
 
@@ -59,6 +65,10 @@ QEnvironmentReset
 QStartupWithShell
   Indicates whether the inferior must be started with a shell or not.
 
+QSetWorkingDir
+  Tell GDBserver that the inferior to be started should use a specific
+  working directory.
+
 * The "maintenance print c-tdesc" command now takes an optional
   argument which is the file name of XML target description.
 
@@ -67,6 +77,9 @@ QStartupWithShell
 
 * New commands
 
+set|show cwd
+  Set and show the current working directory for the inferior.
+
 set|show compile-gcc
   Set and show compilation command used for compiling and injecting code
   with the 'compile' commands.
@@ -118,6 +131,10 @@ FreeBSD/aarch64                    aarch64*-*-freebsd*
 
 FreeBSD/aarch64                        aarch64*-*-freebsd*
 
+* Removed targets and native configurations
+
+Solaris 2.0-9                  i?86-*-solaris2.[0-9], sparc*-*-solaris2.[0-9]
+
 *** Changes in GDB 8.0
 
 * GDB now supports access to the PKU register on GNU/Linux. The register is