[DynInst_API:] Major new release (8.0) of Dyninst Tool Suite

[Barton Miller <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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                   ANNOUNCEMENT
               Dyninst 8.0 Release
               ParseAPI 8.0 Release
               SymtabAPI 8.0 Release
               InstructionAPI 8.0 Release
               StackwalkerAPI 8.0 Release
               ProcControl 8.0 Release
	       PatchAPI 8.0 Release
               DynC_API 8.0 Release
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We are pleased to announce a new release of Dyninst 8.0 and its component
tool kits. This release includes ParseAPI 8.0, SymtabAPI 8.0, InstructionAPI
8.0, StackwalkerAPI 8.0,  ProcControl 8.0, PatchAPI 8.0, and DynC_API 8.0.

This release has substantial new functionality and efficiency improvements.
Note the features for added support for Windows, IBM BG/Q, and Cray systems.
systems. As of this release, all of the component toolkits are fully integrated
with Dyninst.

Note that we also have available three small but cool tools: a code coverage
tool, unstrip (adds a symbol table back to a stripped binary), and Dyner,
an interactive command shell for doing instrumentation.

Highlights of this release:

Dyninst:
  Greatly decreased instrumentation overhead
  Function wrapping
  BPatch_object abstraction
  Standards-compliant configure script
  BG/Q rewriter support
  ProcControl, Stackwalker,PatchAPI integration

ProcControl:
  Windows, BG/Q support
  Improved iRPC interface
  Process group abstraction

Stackwalker:
  Windows, BG/Q support
  Analysis stepper
  Blue Waters/Cascade support
  Improved debug (dwarf) stepper

PatchAPI:
  Initial release
  Modification support

ParseAPI:
  Improved non-returning call analysis
  Modification support

InstructionAPI:
  BG/Q instruction support

SymtabAPI:
  BG/Q file generation support
  Memory leaks greatly reduced
  DWARF 4 support

Note that all Dyninst code is now open source, released under the GNU LGPL.

And thank you to Red Hat for hosting the Linux RPMs.

For information about these software releases and manuals, please visit
      http://www.paradyn.org/
Downloads: http://www.paradyn.org/html/downloads.html
Manuals: http://www.paradyn.org/html/manuals.html