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diff --git a/contrib/binutils/gas/frags.c b/contrib/binutils/gas/frags.c
index 882cb12..d184664 100644
--- a/contrib/binutils/gas/frags.c
+++ b/contrib/binutils/gas/frags.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* frags.c - manage frags -
- Copyright (C) 1987, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1998
+ Copyright (C) 1987, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
@@ -93,11 +93,14 @@ frag_grow (nchars)
* [frchain_now remains the same but frag_now is updated.]
* Because this calculates the correct value of fr_fix by
* looking at the obstack 'frags', it needs to know how many
- * characters at the end of the old frag belong to (the maximal)
- * fr_var: the rest must belong to fr_fix.
- * It doesn't actually set up the old frag's fr_var: you may have
- * set fr_var == 1, but allocated 10 chars to the end of the frag:
- * in this case you pass old_frags_var_max_size == 10.
+ * characters at the end of the old frag belong to the maximal
+ * variable part; The rest must belong to fr_fix.
+ * It doesn't actually set up the old frag's fr_var. You may have
+ * set fr_var == 1, but allocated 10 chars to the end of the frag;
+ * In this case you pass old_frags_var_max_size == 10.
+ * In fact, you may use fr_var for something totally unrelated to the
+ * size of the variable part of the frag; None of the generic frag
+ * handling code makes use of fr_var.
*
* Make a new frag, initialising some components. Link new frag at end
* of frchain_now.
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