I was able to compile and build binutils-2.24 without any real issues. However, version 2.25 will not build.

make stops with the following error


Details:

  +103  /* HAVE_DECL_* is a three-state macro: undefined, 0 or 1.  If it is
  +104     undefined, we haven't run the autoconf check so provide the
  +105     declaration without arguments.  If it is 0, we checked and failed
  +106     to find the declaration so provide a fully prototyped one.  If it
  +107     is 1, we found it so don't provide any declaration at all.  */
  +108  #if !HAVE_DECL_BASENAME
  +109  #if defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__ ) || defined (__linux__) \
  +110   || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) \
  +111   || defined (__CYGWIN__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__) || defined (__MINGW32__) \
  +112   || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (HAVE_DECL_BASENAME)
  +113  extern char *basename (const char *) ATTRIBUTE_RETURNS_NONNULL ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
  +114  #else
  +115  /* Do not allow basename to be used if there is no prototype seen.  We
  +116     either need to use the above prototype or have one from
  +117     autoconf which would result in HAVE_DECL_BASENAME being set.  */
  +118  #define basename basename_cannot_be_used_without_a_prototype
  +119  #endif
  +120  #endif

The important part of the diff for this file between 2.24 and 2.25 is:
--- ./binutils-2.24/include/libiberty.h 2013-11-04 15:33:39 +0000
+++ ./binutils-2.25/include/libiberty.h 2014-10-14 07:32:04 +0000
...
@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@
    to find the declaration so provide a fully prototyped one.  If it
    is 1, we found it so don't provide any declaration at all.  */
 #if !HAVE_DECL_BASENAME
-#if defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__ ) || defined (__linux__) || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined (__CYGWIN__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__) || defined (__MINGW32__) || defined (HAVE_DECL_BASENAME)
-extern char *basename (const char *);
+#if defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__ ) || defined (__linux__) \
+ || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__NetBSD__) \
+ || defined (__CYGWIN__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__) || defined (__MINGW32__) \
+ || defined (__DragonFly__) || defined (HAVE_DECL_BASENAME) 
+extern char *basename (const char *) ATTRIBUTE_RETURNS_NONNULL ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 #else
 /* Do not allow basename to be used if there is no prototype seen.  We
    either need to use the above prototype or have one from
...

Hopefully, this will not be too difficult to correct.

If you need any additional info (e.g., config.log) - just ask.

Michael