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@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.8
 
+* GDB now supports hardware watchpoints on x86 GNU Hurd.
+
+* Python Scripting
+
+  ** You can now access frame registers from Python scripts.
+  ** New attribute 'producer' for gdb.Symtab objects.
+
+* New Python-based convenience functions:
+
+  ** $_caller_is(name [, number_of_frames])
+  ** $_caller_matches(regexp [, number_of_frames])
+  ** $_any_caller_is(name [, number_of_frames])
+  ** $_any_caller_matches(regexp [, number_of_frames])
+
+* New commands
+
+queue-signal signal-name-or-number
+  Queue a signal to be delivered to the thread when it is resumed.
+
 * On resume, GDB now always passes the signal the program had stopped
   for to the thread the signal was sent to, even if the user changed
   threads before resuming.  Previously GDB would often (but not
@@ -14,6 +33,25 @@
   confirmation if the program had stopped for a signal and the user
   switched threads meanwhile.
 
+* "breakpoint always-inserted" modes "off" and "auto" merged.
+
+  Now, when 'breakpoint always-inserted mode' is set to "off", GDB
+  won't remove breakpoints from the target until all threads stop,
+  even in non-stop mode.  The "auto" mode has been removed, and "off"
+  is now the default mode.
+
+* MI changes
+
+  ** The -list-thread-groups command outputs an exit-code field for
+     inferiors that have exited.
+
+* Removed targets
+
+Support for these obsolete configurations has been removed.
+
+mips-sgi-irix5*
+mips-sgi-irix6*
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.8
 
 * New command line options
@@ -155,6 +193,12 @@ show mi-async
   can be used to launch native programs even when "set
   auto-connect-native-target" is set to off.
 
+* GDB now supports access to Intel(R) MPX registers on GNU/Linux.
+
+* Support for Intel(R) AVX-512 registers on GNU/Linux.
+  Support displaying and modifying Intel(R) AVX-512 registers
+  $zmm0 - $zmm31 and $k0 - $k7 on GNU/Linux.
+
 * New remote packets
 
 qXfer:btrace:read's annex
@@ -5781,10 +5825,3 @@ GDB now handles cross debugging.  If you are remotely debugging between
 two different machines, type ``./configure host -target=targ''.
 Host is the machine where GDB will run; targ is the machine
 where the program that you are debugging will run.
-
- *  GDB now supports access to Intel(R) MPX registers on GNU/Linux.
-
- *  Support for Intel(R) AVX-512 registers on GNU/Linux.
-
-Support displaying and modifying Intel(R) AVX-512 registers $zmm0 - $zmm31 and
-$k0 - $k7 on GNU/Linux.