Name: binutils
URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Version: 2.25
License: GPL v2
License File: NOT_SHIPPED
Security Critical: no

Description:
This directory contains i386 and amd64 binaries of the binutils tools
(including gold linker).

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 Precise and then builds
binutils inside the roots.

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.