The following reply was made to PR pkg/32190; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/32190 CVS commit: [pkgsrc-2005Q4] pkgsrc/devel/binutils
Date: Sun,  8 Jan 2006 04:36:49 +0000 (UTC)

 Module Name:	pkgsrc
 Committed By:	salo
 Date:		Sun Jan  8 04:36:48 UTC 2006
 
 Modified Files:
 	pkgsrc/devel/binutils [pkgsrc-2005Q4]: Makefile PLIST.common distinfo
 	pkgsrc/devel/binutils/patches [pkgsrc-2005Q4]: patch-aa
 
 Log Message:
 Pullup ticket 1007 - requested by Thomas Klausner
 security update for binutils
 
 Revisions pulled up:
 - pkgsrc/devel/binutils/Makefile		1.28
 - pkgsrc/devel/binutils/PLIST.common		1.10
 - pkgsrc/devel/binutils/distinfo		1.6
 - pkgsrc/devel/binutils/patches/patch-aa	1.3
 
    Module Name:		pkgsrc
    Committed By:	wiz
    Date:		Sat Jan  7 23:59:46 UTC 2006
 
    Modified Files:
    	pkgsrc/devel/binutils: Makefile PLIST.common distinfo
    	pkgsrc/devel/binutils/patches: patch-aa
 
    Log Message:
    Update to 2.16.1, provided by Andreas Hallmann in PR 32190.
 
    Changes in binutils:
 
    * Binutils-2.16 will be the last release for a number of targets due to
      lack of maintenance (of course, if maintainers step up, then this list
      will change!).  The targets are:
 
        a29k-*-*
        d10v-*-*
        d30v-*-*
        dlx-*-*
        h8300-*-coff
        h8300-*-rtems*
        h8500-*-coff
        h8500-*-rtems*
        i370-*-*
        i960-*-*
        i960-*-bout
        i960-*-coff
        i960-*-nindy*
        i960-*-rtems*
        i960-*-vxworks*
        i960-*-vxworks5.*
        i960-*-vxworks5.0
        m68k-*-coff
        m68k-*-hpux*
        m68k-*-linux*aout*
        m68k-*-rtemscoff*
        m68k-*-sunos*
        m68k-*-sysv*
        m68k-*-vxworks*
        m68k-apollo-*
        m68k-apple-aux*
        m68k-bull-sysv3*
        m68k-ericsson-ose
        m68k-motorola-sysv*
        m88k-*-*					(*)
        mn10200-*-*
        openrisc-*-*
        or32-*-*
        or32-*-coff
        pj*-*-*
        sh-*-coff*
        sh-*-rtemscoff*
        tic80-*-*
        vax-*-bsd*					(*)
        vax-*-netbsd* excluding vax-*-netbsdelf	(*)
        vax-*-ultrix*				(*)
        w65-*-*
        xscale-*-coff
        *-*-linux*aout*
        *-*-linux*oldld
 
        (*) bfd and opcodes support will be kept.
 
    * Add "-g/--section-groups" to readelf to display section groups.
 
    * objcopy recognizes two new options --strip-unneeded-symbol and
      --strip-unneeded-symbols, namely for use together with the wildcard
      matching the original --strip-symbol/--strip-symbols provided, but
      retaining any symbols matching but needed by relocations.
 
    * readelf can now display address ranges from .debug_range sections.  This
      happens automatically when a DW_AT_range attribute is encountered.  The
      command line switch --debug-dump=Ranges (or -wR) can also be used to display
      the contents of the .debug_range section.
 
    * nm and objdump now have a switch "--special-syms" to enable the displaying of
      symbols which the target considers to be special.  By default these symbols
      are no longer displayed.  Currently the only special symbols are the Mapping
      symbols used by the ARM port to mark transitions between text and data and
      between ARM and THUMB code.
 
    * dlltool has a switch "--ext-prefix-alias <prefix>" to generate additional
      import and export symbols with <preifx> prepended to them.
 
    Changes in gas:
 
    * Redefinition of macros now results in an error.
 
    * New command line option -mhint.b=[ok|warning|error] for IA64 targets.
 
    * New command line option -munwind-check=[warning|error] for IA64
      targets.
 
    * The IA64 port now uses automatic dependency violation removal as its default
      mode.
 
    * Port to MAXQ processor contributed by HCL Tech.
 
    * Added support for generating unwind tables for ARM ELF targets.
 
    * Add a -g command line option to generate debug information in the target's
      preferred debug format.
 
    * Support for the crx-elf target added.
 
    * Support for the sh-symbianelf target added.
 
    * Added a pseudo-op (.secrel32) to generate 32 bit section relative relocations
      on pe[i]-i386; required for this target's DWARF 2 support.
 
    * Support for Motorola MCF521x/5249/547x/548x added.
 
    * Support for ColdFire EMAC instructions added and Motorola syntax for MAC/EMAC
      instrucitons.
 
    * New command line option -mno-shared for MIPS ELF targets.
 
    * New command line option --alternate and pseudo-ops .altmacro and .noaltmacro
      added to enter (and leave) alternate macro syntax mode.
 
    Changes in ld:
 
    * Support for the R_ARM_V4BX relocation as defined in the ARM AAELF
      specification has been added via the --fix-v4bx command-line option.
 
    * New linker script construct AS_NEEDED(), which sets the --as-needed flag
      for input files listed inside of it.
 
    * A new command-line option, --sysroot, can be used to override the
      default sysroot location.  It only applies to toolchains that were
      configured using --with-sysroot.
 
    * New linker script functions: ORIGIN() and LENGTH() which return information
      about a specified memory region.
 
    * Port to MAXQ processor contributed by HCL Tech.
 
    * Added SEGMENT_START to the linker script language to permit the user to
      override the base address for a segment from the command-line.
 
    * ELF: --warn-shared-textrel option to warn if adding a DT_TEXTREL to a shared
      object.
 
    * Added SORT_BY_NAME and SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT to the linker script
      language to permit sorting sections by section name or section
      maximum alignment.
 
    * Added a new linker command line switch, --sort-section name|alignment,
      to sort sections by section name or maximum alignment.
 
    * ELF: --add-needed/--no-add-needed options to control if a DT_NEEDED tag
      should be added when a shared library comes from DT_NEEDED tags.
 
    * Support for the crx-elf target added.
 
    * Support for the sh-symbianelf target added.
 
    * A new linker command line switch has been added which allows the hash table
      size to be set to a suitable prime value near to its argument.  This switch
      is --hash-size=<NUMBER>.  Also if the switch --reduce-memory-overheads is
      used, and --hash-size has not been used, then the default value will be set
      to 1021.
 
    * Linker map files are now generated with an O(N) algorithm for finding symbols
      that are defined in each section.  This uses about 40% more memory for
      symbols than the old O(N^2) algorithm.  You can use the new
      --reduce-memory-overheads option to select the old algorithm; this option
      might also be used in the future to select similar tradeoffs.
 
 
 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -r1.27 -r1.27.4.1 pkgsrc/devel/binutils/Makefile
 cvs rdiff -r1.9 -r1.9.10.1 pkgsrc/devel/binutils/PLIST.common
 cvs rdiff -r1.5 -r1.5.8.1 pkgsrc/devel/binutils/distinfo
 cvs rdiff -r1.2 -r1.2.18.1 pkgsrc/devel/binutils/patches/patch-aa
 
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