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Re: Update autotools version for gdb and binutils
On Tue, 8 May 2018, Alan Modra wrote:
> I wasn't saying you must change all of binutils-gdb, let alone gcc,
> just that it would be nice. binutils-gdb config/* is copied from gcc
And as it's the start of development for GCC 9, it's essentially the
optimal time for such a risky change in GCC.
It's libtool for which an update may be the riskiest (necessary to revert
libtool commit 3334f7ed5851ef1e96b052f2984c4acdbf39e20c, see
<https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-01/msg00520.html>, and need to
check for any local changes relative to the last libtool version merged
from that aren't in the new libtool version used). I don't know whether
updating other tools in GCC would require updating libtool or whether the
updates can be independent.
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