Index: third_party/binutils/README.chromium |
diff --git a/third_party/binutils/README.chromium b/third_party/binutils/README.chromium |
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--- a/third_party/binutils/README.chromium |
+++ b/third_party/binutils/README.chromium |
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ |
Name: binutils |
URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ |
-Version: 2.24 |
+Version: 2.25 |
License: GPL v2 |
License File: NOT_SHIPPED |
Security Critical: no |
@@ -9,21 +9,39 @@ Description: |
This directory contains i386 and amd64 binaries of the binutils tools |
(including gold linker). |
-They were built from binutils-2.24 using the "build-all.sh" script on a Ubuntu |
+They were built from binutils-2.25 using the "build-all.sh" script on a Ubuntu |
Precise. |
-The script creates chroots for 32bit and 64bit Ubuntu Lucid and then builds |
+The script creates chroots for 32bit and 64bit Ubuntu Precise and then builds |
binutils inside the roots. |
-Local patches: |
- * ehframe-race.patch for http://crbug.com/161942 from upstream change |
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=635aa30e3ae9735e362cfd1cda2be9f7b65b32a2 |
+Version 2.25 was released on Wed, 24 Dec 2014 |
+Local patches: |
* unlock-thin.patch for http://crbug.com/453195 from upstream change |
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=2cfbf2fece582c29df348104b28677c38a8301f4 |
+ (Landed upstream Wed, 4 Feb 2015 - should be in 2.26) |
* plugin-dso-fix.patch for http://crbug.com/453195 from upstream change |
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=3c537f7fdb11f02f7082749f3f21dfdd2c2025e8 |
+ (Landed upstream Thu, 5 Feb 2015 - should be in 2.26) |
* (build-all.sh|build-one.sh|upload.sh) scripts for building the binutils |
binaries and uploading them to Google storage. |
+ |
+Upgrading: |
+ |
+To upgrade binutils, use the following steps: |
+ |
+ * Update build-all.sh with the new binutil version. |
+ * Remove any patches which have been merged upstream from build-all.sh |
+ * Update this README.chromium file |
+ * Run build-all.sh |
+ * Run upload.sh |
+ * Wait for goma to have new binutils deployed (see http://go/ma). |
+ Please notify {ukai,yyanagisawa,shinyak}@chromium.org and await |
+ confirmation. |
+ * Commit the change |
+ |
+See https://codereview.chromium.org/1368233002/ for an example upgrade. |
+ |