Bug 12481 - README file doesn't make sense
Summary: README file doesn't make sense
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: binutils
Classification: Unclassified
Component: admin (show other bugs)
Version: 2.21
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2011-02-10 19:21 UTC by Sergei Steshenko
Modified: 2011-02-10 22:57 UTC (History)
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Description Sergei Steshenko 2011-02-10 19:21:58 UTC 
The very first lines of 'binutils-2.21/README' file are:

"
      1                    README for GNU development tools
      2
      3 This directory contains various GNU compilers, assemblers, linkers,
      4 debuggers, etc., plus their support routines, definitions, and documentation.
      5
      6 If you are receiving this as part of a GDB release, see the file gdb/README.
      7 If with a binutils release, see binutils/README;  if with a libg++ release,
      8 see libg++/README, etc.  That'll give you info about this
      9 package -- supported targets, how to use it, how to report bugs, etc.
"

- to me it looks senseless and useless.

It looks like a very ancient file from the times (if there were such times) when GNU tools were indeed distributed in one tarball/directory.

WRT the present day 'binutils' the file is senseless, i.e. it hardly contains any practically useful information.
Comment 1 Alan Modra 2011-02-10 22:57:54 UTC 
top level is shared between gcc, binutils, gdb, sim etc.