New option -nh: inhibit loading of ~/.gdbinit.

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 *** Changes since GDB 7.5
 
+* New command line options:
+
+-nh   Disables auto-loading of ~/.gdbinit, but still executes all the
+      other initialization files, unlike -nx which disables all of them.
+
+* Python scripting
+
+  ** Vectors can be created with gdb.Type.vector.
+
+  ** Python's atexit.register now works in GDB.
+
+* New Python-based convenience functions:
+
+  ** $_memeq(buf1, buf2, length)
+  ** $_streq(str1, str2)
+  ** $_strlen(str)
+  ** $_regex(str, regex)
+
+* The 'cd' command now defaults to using '~' (the home directory) if not
+  given an argument.
+
+* New configure options
+
+--enable-libmcheck/--disable-libmcheck
+  By default, development versions are built with -lmcheck on hosts
+  that support it, in order to help track memory corruption issues.
+  Release versions, on the other hand, are built without -lmcheck
+  by default.  The --enable-libmcheck/--disable-libmcheck configure
+  options allow the user to override that default.
+
+* New commands (for set/show, see "New options" below)
+
+maint info bfds
+  List the BFDs known to GDB.
+
+python-interactive [command]
+pi [command]
+  Start a Python interactive prompt, or evaluate the optional command
+  and print the result of expressions.
+
+py [command]
+  "py" is a new alias for "python".
+
+* Removed commands
+
+  ** For the Renesas Super-H architecture, the "regs" command has been removed
+     (has been deprecated in GDB 7.5), and "info all-registers" should be used
+     instead.
+
+* MI changes
+
+  ** Command parameter changes are now notified using new async record
+     "=cmd-param-changed".
+  ** Trace frame changes caused by command "tfind" are now notified using
+     new async record "=traceframe-changed".
+  ** The creation and deletion of trace state variables are now notified
+     using new async records "=tsv-created" and "=tsv-deleted".
+  ** The start and stop of process record are now notified using new
+     async record "=record-started" and "=record-stopped".
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.5
 
 * GDB now supports x32 ABI.  Visit <http://sites.google.com/site/x32abi/>