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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2001-07-19 10:43:13 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2001-07-19 10:43:13 +0000
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Change bug reporting email address.
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-rw-r--r--binutils/README71
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diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index c5a62a2..03e403a 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-07-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+
+ * README: Update for 2.11. Change bug reporting email address.
+ * MAINTAINERS: Tidy up. Change bug reporting email address.
+
2001-07-16 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
* resres.c (write_res_header): Align header size.
diff --git a/binutils/MAINTAINERS b/binutils/MAINTAINERS
index ff81fc3..9ef9d46 100644
--- a/binutils/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/binutils/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1,88 +1,105 @@
========= Binutils Maintainers =========
This is the list of individuals responsible for maintenance and update
-of the "binutils" module, which includes the bfd, binutils, include,
-gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes subdirectories. The home page for binutils
-is http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/ and patches should be sent to
-binutils@sources.redhat.com with "[patch]" as part of the subject.
+of the GNU Binary Utilities project. This includes the linker (ld),
+the assembler (gas), the profiler (gprof), a whole suite of other
+programs (binutils) and the libraries that they use (bfd and
+opcodes). This project shares a common set of header files with the
+GCC and GDB projects (include), so maintainership of those files is
+shared amoungst the projects.
-Note - patches to the top level configure.in and config.sub scripts
-should be sent to config-patches@gnu.org and not to the binutils list.
+The home page for binutils is:
- --------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/binutils.html
+
+and patches should be sent to:
+
+ bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org
+
+with "[Patch]" as part of the subject line. Note - patches to the
+top level configure.in and config.sub scripts should be sent to:
-Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> (head maintainer)
-Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
-Ian Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
-Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
-Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
-DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
-Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-Michael Meissner <meissner@redhat.com>
+ config-patches@gnu.org
- --------- Maintainers ---------
+and not to the binutils list.
+
+ --------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
-Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have permission
-to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note that
-maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of the
-immediate domain that they maintain.
+The following people have permission to check patches into the
+repository without obtaining approval first:
+
+ Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> (head maintainer)
+ Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
+ Ian Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
+ Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
+ Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
+ DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+ Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ Michael Meissner <meissner@redhat.com>
+
+ --------- Maintainers ---------
+
+Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have
+permission to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note
+that maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of
+the immediate domain that they maintain.
If there is no maintainer for a given domain then the responsibility
-falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several maintainers
-for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first maintainer.
-The first maintainer is free to devolve that responsibility among the
-other maintainers.
-
-ARM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
-AVR Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
-CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
-HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-IA64 Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
-i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@redhat.com>
-ix86 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-ix86 COFF,PE DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
-ix86 H.J.Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
-ix86 INTEL MODE Diego Novillo <dnovillo@redhat.com>
-MN10300 Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
-MIPS Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
-M88k Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
-PPC Geoff Keating <geoffk@redhat.com>
-SH Jörn Rennecke <amylaar@redhat.com>
-SH Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
-SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
-68HC11 68HC12 Stephane Carrez <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>
-DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
-x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
-x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
-z8k Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>
-
- --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
+falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several
+maintainers for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first
+maintainer. The first maintainer is free to devolve that
+responsibility among the other maintainers.
+
+ ARM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ AVR Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
+ CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
+ DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
+ HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ IA64 Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
+ x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
+ x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
+ i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@redhat.com>
+ ix86 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ ix86 COFF,PE DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+ ix86 H.J.Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
+ ix86 INTEL MODE Diego Novillo <dnovillo@redhat.com>
+ M68HC11 M68HC12 Stephane Carrez <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>
+ MN10300 Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
+ MIPS Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
+ M88k Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
+ PPC Geoff Keating <geoffk@redhat.com>
+ SH Jörn Rennecke <amylaar@redhat.com>
+ SH Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
+ SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
+ z8k Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>
+
+ --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
-disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU. It
-creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it is
-mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains CGEN and
-the files that it creates.
+disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
+It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
+is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
+CGEN and the files that it creates.
If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
- cgen@sources.redhat.com
+ cgen@sources.redhat.com
The current CGEN maintainers are:
Doug Evans, Ben Elliston, Frank Eigler
- --------- Write After Approval ---------
+ --------- Write After Approval ---------
Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
[It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
- *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just remember
- to get approval before checking anything in.]
+ *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
+ remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
- ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
+ ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
@@ -93,7 +110,7 @@ also blatantly obvious), and so on. Obvious fixes should always be
small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
- --------- Branch Checkins ---------
+ --------- Branch Checkins ---------
If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
@@ -103,4 +120,4 @@ burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is:
- Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
+ Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
diff --git a/binutils/README b/binutils/README
index 9157a14..e51b2a2 100644
--- a/binutils/README
+++ b/binutils/README
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
-These are the GNU binutils. These are utilities of use when dealing
-with object files.
+ README for BINUTILS
-The linker (ld) is in a separate directory, which should be ../ld.
-Linker-specific notes are in ../ld/README.
+These are the GNU binutils. These are utilities of use when dealing
+with binary files, either object files or executables. These tools
+consist of the linker (ld), the assembler (gas), and the profiler
+(gprof) each of which have their own sub-directory named after them.
+There is also a collection of other binary tools, including the
+disassembler (objdump) in this directory. These tools make use of a
+pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a common set of header files
+(include).
-As of version 2.5, the assembler (as) is also included in this package, in
-../gas. Assembler-specific notes can be found in ../gas/README.
+There are README and NEWS files in most of the program sub-directories
+which give more information about those specific programs.
-Recent changes are in ./NEWS, ../ld/NEWS, and ../gas/NEWS.
Unpacking and Installation -- quick overview
============================================
-When you unpack the binutils-2.9.tar.gz file, you'll get a directory
-called something like `binutils-2.9', which contains various files and
-directories. Most of the files in the top directory are for
-information and for configuration. The actual source code is in
-subdirectories.
+When you unpack the binutils archive file, you will get a directory
+called something like `binutils-XXX', where XXX is the number of the
+release. (Probably 2.11.2 or higher). This directory contains
+various files and sub-directories. Most of the files in the top
+directory are for information and for configuration. The actual
+source code is in sub-directories.
To build binutils, you can just do:
- cd binutils-2.9
+ cd binutils-XXX
./configure [options]
make
make install # copies the programs files into /usr/local/bin
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ If you have GNU make, we recommend building in a different directory:
mkdir objdir
cd objdir
- ../binutils-2.9/configure [options]
+ ../binutils-XXX/configure [options]
make
make install
@@ -41,7 +46,9 @@ This relies on the VPATH feature of GNU make.
By default, the binutils will be configured to support the system on
which they are built. When doing cross development, use the --target
-configure option to specify a different target.
+configure option to specify a different target, eg:
+
+ ./configure --target=foo-elf
The --enable-targets option adds support for more binary file formats
besides the default. List them as the argument to --enable-targets,
@@ -49,11 +56,15 @@ separated by commas. For example:
./configure --enable-targets=sun3,rs6000-aix,decstation
-The name 'all' compiles in support for all valid BFD targets (this was
-the default in releases before 2.3):
+The name 'all' compiles in support for all valid BFD targets:
./configure --enable-targets=all
+On 32-bit hosts though, this support will be restricted to 32-bit
+target unless the --enable-64-bit-bfd option is also used:
+
+ ./configure --enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-targets=all
+
You can also specify the --enable-shared option when you run
configure. This will build the BFD and opcodes libraries as shared
libraries. You can use arguments with the --enable-shared option to
@@ -62,7 +73,7 @@ example, --enable-shared=bfd. The only potential shared libraries in
a binutils release are bfd and opcodes.
The binutils will be linked against the shared libraries. The build
-step will attempt to place the correct library in the runtime search
+step will attempt to place the correct library in the run-time search
path for the binaries. However, in some cases, after you install the
binaries, you may have to set an environment variable, normally
LD_LIBRARY_PATH, so that the system can find the installed libbfd
@@ -71,10 +82,11 @@ shared library.
To build under openVMS/AXP, see the file makefile.vms in the top level
directory.
+
If you don't have ar
====================
-If your system does not already have an ar program, the normal
+If your system does not already have an 'ar' program, the normal
binutils build process will not work. In this case, run configure as
usual. Before running make, run this script:
@@ -98,10 +110,10 @@ the ranlib program in order to build the distribution.
Porting
=======
-Binutils-2.9 supports many different architectures, but there
+Binutils-2.11 supports many different architectures, but there
are many more not supported, including some that were supported
-by earlier versions. We are hoping for volunteers to
-improve this situation.
+by earlier versions. We are hoping for volunteers to improve this
+situation.
The major effort in porting binutils to a new host and/or target
architecture involves the BFD library. There is some documentation
@@ -111,10 +123,13 @@ with gdb-4.x) may also be of help.
Reporting bugs
==============
-Send bug reports and patches to bug-binutils@gnu.org. Always mention
-the version number you are running; this is printed by running any of
-the binutils with the --version option. We appreciate reports about
-bugs, but we do not promise to fix them.
+Send bug reports and patches to:
+
+ bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org.
+
+Always mention the version number you are running; this is printed by
+running any of the binutils with the --version option. We appreciate
+reports about bugs, but we do not promise to fix them.
VMS
===
@@ -156,7 +171,7 @@ makefile.vms. Either select CC=cc (for DEC C) or CC=gcc (for GNU C)
Installing the release
Provided that your directory setup conforms to the GNU on openVMS
-standard, you already have a concealed deviced named 'GNU_ROOT'.
+standard, you already have a concealed device named 'GNU_ROOT'.
In this case, a simple
$ gmake install
@@ -179,7 +194,7 @@ and [.binutils]strings.exe) and the gnu assembler and preprocessor
and define all programs as foreign commands.
-If you're satiesfied with the compilation, you may want to remove
+If you're satisfied with the compilation, you may want to remove
unneeded objects and libraries:
$ gmake clean