[binutils-gdb] Add 2.46 release markers to NEWS files. Update BRANCHES. Update README.

[Nick Clifton]

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=48df1644d2703b4220a48ca85ddf1ce4c166bea7

commit 48df1644d2703b4220a48ca85ddf1ce4c166bea7
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date:   Sun Jan 25 08:47:26 2026 +0000

    Add 2.46 release markers to NEWS files.  Update BRANCHES.  Update README.

Diff:
---
 binutils/BRANCHES                     | 1 +
 binutils/NEWS                         | 2 ++
 binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release | 3 ---
 gas/NEWS                              | 2 ++
 ld/NEWS                               | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binutils/BRANCHES b/binutils/BRANCHES
index 0ec2c3c72b6..1ec92156d54 100644
--- a/binutils/BRANCHES
+++ b/binutils/BRANCHES
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ binutils-2_42-branch
 binutils-2_43-branch
 binutils-2_44-branch
 binutils-2_45-branch
+binutils-2_46-branch
 

 Copyright (C) 2012-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index d6cda99535f..ca68e5c4c6a 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.46:
+
 * SFrame stack trace format now represents an undefined return address as
   an SFrame FRE without any offsets.  libsframe provides a new API to test
   for RA undefined, which is used when dumping SFrame information (e.g. using
diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index db7867ef52a..ce0e977f3a3 100644
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ Approx time to complete from here: 2 hours ...
      the NEWS files in gas, ld, and binutils.  No need to update NEWS
      in the gold directory - it has its own release numbering.
 
-     Likewise for the ChangeLog files in: bfd, binutils, cpu,
-     elfcpp, gas, gold, gprof, include, ld, libctf, opcodes and toplevel.
-
      Add a note of the name of the new branch to binutils/BRANCHES.
 
      Commit these changes.
diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index 3aa20d52161..e384d1135c0 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.46:
+
 * Add support for AMD Zen6 processor.
 
 * Emit an SFrame FRE with zero offsets to convey an undefined return address
diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index 2c7a42dea2a..3be78507245 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.46:
+
 * Add --gnu-tls-tag/--no-gnu-tls-tag options to i386 ELF linker to add
   the GLIBC_ABI_GNU_TLS version dependency in output if input object
   files call ___tls_get_addr.  Also added --enable-gnu-tls-tag configure