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Re: binutils newer than 2.9.1


Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

>    Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 06:04:18 +0000
>    From: Brendan Simon <brendan@dgs.monash.edu.au>
>
>    Where can I find binutils releases that are newer version 2.9.1 ?
>
> There are no official binutils releases newer than 2.9.1.  The CVS
> binutils sources happen to report themselves as 2.9.4 currently, but
> that is strictly an internal number.  There is no single 2.9.4
> release.
>
>    I read in one of Mumit Khan's cross-compiler howtos that 2.9.4 is
>    recommended for building the cygwin32/mingw32 compilers.
>
> The cygwin releases include binutils snapshots which have been tested
> for cygwin.  Probably the latest cygwin release included a binutils
> snapshot marked 2.9.4 (it's been 2.9.4 for a while).  But, again,
> there is no single 2.9.4 release.
>
>    The official binutils site (sourceware.cygnus.com as far as I am aware)
>    has 2.9.1as the latest release.  This has been around for quite awhile
>    and I'm sure there must have been further releases.  Has the site been
>    kept up to date ?
>
> The site is more or less up to date.
>
> I'm afraid we are very far behind in actually making an official
> release.  I still have a stack of patches and bug reports I need to
> get through, although I have been making a little progress recently.
>
> Ian

If I want later versions of binutils (I am unsure of how necessary this is)
then it would appear that CVS would be the best option and to checkout
snapshots that are known to be reasonably reliable.  Would you suggest this
as a wise thing or to just stick with the stock standard 2.9.1 ?  Maybe the
cygwin sources of binutils might be the best option ?  My main targets of
interest are powerpc-eabi, powerpc-linux and m68k-???

Brendan Simon.


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