HP WDB GUI 5.7 Release Notes (September 2007)

This document discusses the following topics:
Overview
What is New in This Release
Patches, Defects and Fixes
Known Problems in This Release
Features Supported in Previous Versions of WDB GUI
Related Documentation
Overview
The HP WDB GUI 5.7 is a graphical user interface (GUI) designed by Hewlett-Packard for the HP
Wildebeest Debugger (WDB). It supports source-level debugging of programs written in HP C, HP aC++,
and Fortran 90 on Itanium®-based systems running HP-UX 11i v2 or HP-UX 11i v3, and PA-RISC
systems running HP-UX 11.0, HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, or HP-UX 11i v3. HP WDB is an HP-
supported implementation of the Open Source GDB debugger developed by the Free Software
Foundation.
For the latest version of HP WDB GUI, see the HP WDB Technical Resources website at:
http://www.hp.com/go/wdb
What Is New in This Release
This section discusses the following new features that are available in this version of HP WDB GUI:
Support for Viewing the Arena Profile
Support for Viewing the Incremental Heap Profile
Support for Viewing the Execution Path Entries
Support for the Mouse Scroll Wheel
HP WDB 5.7 supports the following new features:
Support for Viewing the Arena Profile
HP WDB 5.7 provides support to view the arena information for a program running on HP-UX 11i
v3.
To view the arena information, complete the following steps
1. Load the program to HP WDB GUI
2. Stop the program execution at the required breakpoints
3. Select View->Memory Usage->Heap Arena to view the arena information
The following information is displayed in the View Heap Arena window:
Arenas
The Arena IDs are listed in this list menu. Select the required Arena ID from the Arenas list
menu to view Arena ID Summary, or Block Details for the selected arena.
Arena ID Summary
The summary information for the selected Arena ID is displayed in this frame.
Block Details