Add upgrade instructions and helper file.

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diff --git a/contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-Xlist b/contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-Xlist
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+*-hp*
+*-mac*
+*-ncr*
+*.bat
+*.com
+*.info*
+*/arlex.c
+*/arparse.[ch]
+*/deflex.c
+*/gprof
+*/itbl-lex.c
+*/itbl-parse.[ch]
+*/ldgram.[ch]
+*/ldlex.c
+*/sysinfo.[ch]
+*/syslex.c
+*/testsuite
+*/texinfo/*
+*10[23]00*
+*532*
+*COPYING*
+*ChangeLog.*
+*[a-z]29k*
+*[a-z][89]60*
+*a68*
+*adobe*
+*aix*
+*apollo*
+*arm*
+*bout*
+*cisco*
+*d10v*
+*decstation*
+*delt88*
+*delta*
+*dgux*
+*dos*
+*dpx2*
+*dynix*
+*go32*
+*h8[35]00*
+*hp300*
+*hp[-.]*
+*hppa*
+*hpux*
+*irix*
+*lynx*
+*m32r*
+*m[68]8k*
+*mac-*
+*mach*
+*mip*
+*mpw*
+*netware*
+*news*
+*nlm*
+*ns32*
+*oasys*
+*os9*
+*pei*
+*pmac*
+*powerpc*
+*ppc*
+*psos*
+*pyr*
+*riscix*
+*riscos*
+*rs6000*
+*sa29200*
+*som*
+*sparc*
+*st2000*
+*sun*
+*symmetry*
+*tahoe*
+*u68k*
+*vax*
+*vms*
+*vxworks*
+*w65*
+*we32k*
+*win*
+*xcoff*
diff --git a/contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-upgrade b/contrib/binutils/FREEBSD-upgrade
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+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".