Document fact that mininum Python version is now 2.6

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* NEWS: Note minimum Python version.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.texinfo (Configure Options): Document minimum python
	version.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index acf787b..0cf5e56 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-02-27  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
+    
+       * NEWS: Note minimum Python version.
+
 2019-02-27  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
        * version.in: Set GDB version number to 8.2.90.DATE-git.

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 635520e..c5ef13e 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ FreeBSD/riscv                       riscv*-*-freebsd*
 
 * Python API
 
+  ** GDB no longer supports Python versions less than 2.6.
+
   ** The gdb.Inferior type has a new 'progspace' property, which is the program
      space associated to that inferior.
 

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 7a1add5..a5d1c21 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-02-27  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo (Configure Options): Document minimum python
+       version.
+
 2019-02-26  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
 
        * python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7b2e557..8b61cc1 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -35975,7 +35975,7 @@ libpython is present and found at configure time.)  Python makes
 @value{GDBN} scripting much more powerful than the restricted CLI
 scripting language.  If your host does not have Python installed, you
 can find it on `http://www.python.org/download/'.  The oldest version
-of Python supported by GDB is 2.4.  The optional argument @var{python}
+of Python supported by GDB is 2.6.  The optional argument @var{python}
 is used to find the Python headers and libraries.  It can be either
 the name of a Python executable, or the name of the directory in which
 Python is installed.