first release candidate for 2.10

[Philip Blundell]

>It does not build on FreeBSD/Alpha.  One of the following patches needs
>to be applied.
>
> http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/binutils/2000-05/msg00521.html
> http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/binutils/2000-05/msg00715.html

Thanks.  I've applied the latter patch.

p.