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| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/Makefile.in | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/README | 37 |
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diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index fc10c45..9fe84ba 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Wed Feb 24 19:44:18 1993 Per Bothner (bothner@rtl.cygnus.com) + + * Makefile.in: Set VERSION to 2.1. + * README, NEWS: Updates. + * nm.c: Add -v as a synonym for -V. + Tue Feb 23 19:00:50 1993 Mike Werner (mtw@poseidon.cygnus.com) * configure.in: added testsuite to configdirs. diff --git a/binutils/Makefile.in b/binutils/Makefile.in index ede3e9d..dc3fe73 100644 --- a/binutils/Makefile.in +++ b/binutils/Makefile.in @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ LEX_OPTIONS = -I -Cem LEX = `if [ -f ../flex/flex ] ; then echo ../flex/flex ; else echo flex ; fi` # Distribution version -VERSION=2.0 +VERSION=2.1 # Distribution name DIST_NAME=binutils-${VERSION} diff --git a/binutils/README b/binutils/README index 7482e0b..5c982f2 100644 --- a/binutils/README +++ b/binutils/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is a BETA release of a completely rewritten binutils distribution. +This is a beta release of a completely rewritten binutils distribution. The linker (ld) has been moved into a separate directory, which should be ../ld. Linker-specific notes are in ../ld/README. @@ -12,20 +12,23 @@ old binutils. There are also features of the old versions that are missing on the new programs. We would appreciate patches to make things run on other machines; especially welcome are fixes for what used to work on the old programs! +(See ./TODO, as well a ../bfd/TODO and ../ld/TODO.) + +Recent changes are in ./NEWS. Unpacking and Installation -- quick overview ========================== In this release, the binary utilities, the linker, the generic GNU include -files, the BFD ("binary file description") library, and getopt all have -directories of their own underneath the binutils-2.0 directory. +files, the BFD ("binary file description") library, gprof, and getopt all +have directories of their own underneath the binutils-2.1 directory. The idea is that a variety of GNU tools can share a common copy of these things. Configuration scripts and makefiles exist to cruise up and down this directory tree and automatically build all the pieces in the right order. -When you unpack the binutils-2.0.tar.Z file, you'll get a directory called -something like `binutils-2.0', which contains: +When you unpack the binutils-2.1.tar.Z file, you'll get a directory called +something like `binutils-2.1', which contains: DOC.configure README config/ configure* ld/ Makefile bfd/ config.status* configure.in libiberty/ @@ -33,11 +36,15 @@ something like `binutils-2.0', which contains: To build binutils, you can just do: - cd binutils-2.0 - ./configure HOSTTYPE (e.g. sun4, decstation) + cd binutils-2.1 + ./configure [ --with-minimal-bfd=yes ] make make install # copies the programs files into /usr/local/bin by default. +The --with-minimal-bfd-yes flag is a temporary kludge. Using it makes +the executables smaller, at the price of only being able to handle +the default binary file format. A more flexible mechanism is planned. + This will configure and build all the libraries as well as binutils and the linker. @@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ The file DOC.configure contains more information. Porting ======= -Binutils-2.0 supports many different architectures, but there +Binutils-2.1 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. @@ -54,7 +61,7 @@ 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 in ../bfd/doc. The file ../gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo (distributed -with gdb-3.2) may also be of help. +with gdb-4.x) may also be of help. If your system uses some variant of old-style a.out-format, you can start with a copy of bfd/newsos3.c, and edit it to fit. @@ -66,8 +73,10 @@ Reporting bugs ============== If you can't track down a bug and send suggestions/patches for fixes, you should probably *not* be using this release. -I cannot work on finding bugs at this stage (except for -Cygnus-supported configurations). But if you have suggestions -or patches, send them to bothner@cygnus.com, for now. -(After the official release, the correct address will -be bug-gnu-utils@ai.mit.edu.) +We have little time to spend tracking down whatever random bugs you +may run into (except for configurations that Cygnus supports for +its customers). The general place to send bug reports or patches +is to bug-gnu-utils@ai.mit.edu; you can also send them directly to +bothner@cygnus.com or sac@cygnus.com. + + |