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author | jdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-03-01 23:13:26 +0000 |
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committer | jdp <jdp@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-03-01 23:13:26 +0000 |
commit | 5fa431f4cfe3acd0526691d358a7b647a9da074e (patch) | |
tree | 4d04182f9735483bee670d1d75cd73c33654d770 /contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-upgrade | |
parent | 1928b68b1a64d86ff56b22f828ed3db5b5ba6f8c (diff) | |
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Add upgrade instructions and helper file.
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diff --git a/contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-upgrade b/contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-upgrade new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d285611 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-upgrade @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +To strip down a new version of GNU binutils for import, extract +the files like this: + + tar -xvzf binutils-2.8.1.tar.gz -X FREEBSD-Xlist + +Don't eliminate the *z8* files. They're needed because of a stupid +hard-coded configure script in the opcodes subdirectory. + +If you decide to bring in more of the files, import them -- don't +use "cvs add". And please remember to adjust the contents of +"FREEBSD-Xlist" so that it reflects what is really imported from +the vendor. + +Many of the files generated by GNU configure are present pre-built in +the "src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils" tree. These can be regenerated for a +new version of binutils by running the "update.sh" script in that +directory. + +When upgrading to a new version, you also need to update the VERSION +definition in "src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/Makefile.inc0". |