* NEWS: Add entry for "set/show ada trust-PAD-over-XVS" commands.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index aab2747..b34eb93 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2010-01-19  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
+       * NEWS: Add entry for "set/show ada trust-PAD-over-XVS" commands.
+
+2010-01-19  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
        * configure.host: Make x86_64-*-solaris2.1[0-9]* an alias of
        i[34567]86-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*.
        * configure.tgt: Likewise.

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 48a6ecb..867b51f 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@ show script-extension
    evaluation failed.
    If set to "strict", files are sourced according to filename extension.
 
+set ada trust-PAD-over-XVS on|off
+show ada trust-PAD-over-XVS
+   If off, activate a workaround against a bug in the debugging information
+   generated by the compiler for PAD types (see gcc/exp_dbug.ads in
+   the GCC sources for more information about the GNAT encoding and
+   PAD types in particular).  It is always safe to set this option to
+   off, but this introduces a slight performance penalty.  The default
+   is on.
+
 * New remote packets
 
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