SUSE-RU-2017:2853-1: moderate: Optional update for gdb
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SUSE Recommended Update: Optional update for gdb
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Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2853-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1056437 #1062315 #1062316 #1062318 #985550
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
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An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.
Description:
The GNU Debugger GDB was updated to the 8.0.1 release, bringing lots of
features and bugfixes.
- Link gdb against a bundled libipt (processor trace library) on x86_64
and i686 for improved tracing support
on Intel CPUs. [bsc#985550]
- Rebase to 8.0.1 release (fixing PR21886, PR22046)
- Updated libstdc++ pretty printers to
gdb-libstdc++-v3-python-7.1.1-20170526.tar.bz2 .
- Add support for zSeries z14 specific features [fate#321514, bsc#1062315,
fate#322272, bsc#1062318]
- Disable guile extensions for new distros, the gdb support is
incompatible with guile 2.2.
- Rebase to gdb 8.0 release: [fate#319573]
* support for DWARF5 (except its .debug_names)
* support C++11 rvalue references
* support PKU register (memory protection keys on future Intel CPUs)
* python scripting:
- start, stop and access running btrace
- rvalue references in gdb.Type
* record/replay x86_64 rdrand and rdseed
* removed support for GCJ compiled java programs
* user commands accept more than 10 arguments
* "eval" expands user-defined command arguments
* new options: set/show disassembler-options (on arm, ppc s390)
- Update to gdb 7.12.1
* negative repeat count for x examines backwards
* fortran: support structs/arrays with dynamically types fields
* support MPX bound checking
* support for the Rust language
* 'catch syscall' now can catch groups of related syscalls
* New (sub)commands:
- skip {-file,-gfile,-function,-rfunction}: generic skip mechanism
- maint {selftest,info line-table}
- new-ui: create new user interface for GUI clients
* (fast) tracepoints on s390x and ppc64le added to gdbserver
* New target Andes NDS32
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1775=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1775=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1775=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
gdb-debuginfo-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdb-debugsource-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdbserver-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdbserver-debuginfo-8.0.1-2.3.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3 (s390x):
gdb-debuginfo-32bit-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdbserver-32bit-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdbserver-debuginfo-32bit-8.0.1-2.3.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
gdb-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdb-debuginfo-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdb-debugsource-8.0.1-2.3.2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
gdb-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdb-debuginfo-8.0.1-2.3.2
gdb-debugsource-8.0.1-2.3.2
References:
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1056437
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1062315
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1062316
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1062318
https://bugzilla.suse.com/985550
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