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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 @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ README for GAS -A number of things have changed since version 1 and the wonderful world of gas -looks very different. There's still a lot of irrelevant garbage lying around -that will be cleaned up in time. Documentation is scarce, as are logs of the -changes made since the last gas release. My apologies, and I'll try to get -something useful. +A number of things have changed since version 1 and the wonderful +world of gas looks very different. There's still a lot of irrelevant +garbage lying around that will be cleaned up in time. Documentation +is scarce, as are logs of the changes made since the last gas release. +My apologies, and I'll try to get something useful. Unpacking and Installation - Summary ==================================== @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ system. You can rebuild it by typing: make as.dvi The Info form is viewable with the GNU Emacs `info' subsystem, or the -standalone `info' program, available as part of the GNU Texinfo distribution. +stand-alone `info' program, available as part of the GNU Texinfo distribution. To build the info files, you will need the `makeinfo' program. Type: cd gas/doc @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ The `--enable' options recognized by software in the gas distribution are: Supported platforms =================== -At this point I believe gas to be ansi only code for most target cpu's. That +At this point I believe gas to be ANSI only code for most target cpu's. That is, there should be relatively few, if any host system dependencies. So porting (as a cross-assembler) to hosts not yet supported should be fairly easy. Porting to a new target shouldn't be too tough if it's a variant of one @@ -173,9 +173,10 @@ Native assembling should work on: sparc solaris ns32k (netbsd, lites) -I believe that gas as a cross-assembler can currently be targetted for +I believe that gas as a cross-assembler can currently be targeted for most of the above hosts, plus + arm decstation-bsd (a.out format, to be used in BSD 4.4) ebmon29k go32 (DOS on i386, with DJGPP -- old a.out version) @@ -229,10 +230,13 @@ warning message when this happens. REPORTING BUGS IN GAS ===================== -Bugs in gas should be reported to bug-binutils@gnu.org. They may be -cross-posted to bug-gcc if they affect the use of gas with gcc. They -should not be reported just to bug-gcc, since I don't read that list, -and therefore wouldn't see them. +Bugs in gas should be reported to: + + bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org. + +They may be cross-posted to gcc-bugs@gnu.org if they affect the use of +gas with gcc. They should not be reported just to gcc-bugs, since not +all of the maintainers read that list. If you report a bug in GAS, please remember to include: @@ -265,7 +269,7 @@ does demonstrate the problem; but if paring it down would cause large delays in filing the bug report, don't bother. If the input file is very large, and you are on the internet, you may want to -make it avaliable for anonymous FTP instead of mailing it. If you do, include +make it available for anonymous FTP instead of mailing it. If you do, include instructions for FTP'ing it in your bug report. If you expect to be contributing a large number of test cases, it would be diff --git a/gprof/ChangeLog b/gprof/ChangeLog index 16e17e2..df9019b 100644 --- a/gprof/ChangeLog +++ b/gprof/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-07-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com> + + * NOTES: Rename to README for consistency with other binutils. + 2001-06-18 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> * Makefile.am (diststuff): Add $(MANS). diff --git a/gprof/NOTES b/gprof/README index 511af30..8fe2da8 100644 --- a/gprof/NOTES +++ b/gprof/README @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -Sun Feb 5 16:09:16 1995 + README for GPROF + +This is the GNU profiler. It is distributed with other "binary +utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for +more general notes, including where to send bug reports. This file documents the changes and new features available with this version of GNU gprof. @@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ Here are some examples: you must use the colon notation explained below to specify a function from a specific source file. Sometimes, functionnames contain - dots. In such cases, it is necessar to + dots. In such cases, it is necessary to add a leading colon to the name. For example, ":.mul" selects function ".mul". @@ -433,6 +437,6 @@ be used. IMPLEMENTATION NOTE: gcc -a can be used to instrument a program to record basic-block execution counts. However, the __bb_exit_func() that is currently present in libgcc2.c does not generate a gmon.out -file in a suiteable format. This should be fixed for future releases +file in a suitable format. This should be fixed for future releases of gcc. In the meantime, contact davidm@cs.arizona.edu for a version of __bb_exit_func() to is appropriate. diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index 284c5ae..108f63f 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-07-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com> + + * README: Add header for consistency with other README files. + 2001-07-14 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org> * emultempl/elf32.em (output_prev_sec_find): Never return @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ + README for LD + This is the GNU linker. It is distributed with other "binary utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for more general notes, including where to send bug reports. |