The 2.38 branch has been created.

[H.J. Lu]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 4:59 AM Nick Clifton via Binutils
<binutils@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
>   The 2.38 branch has now been created:
>
>      git clone git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git -b binutils-2_38-branch
>
>   A snapshot of the sources is also available here:
>
>     https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.37.90.tar.xz
>
>   Please could all patches for the branch be run by me.
>   The rules for the branch are:
>
>     * No new features.
>     * Target specific bug fixes are OK.
>     * Generic bug fixes are OK if they are important and widely tested.
>     * Documentation updates/fixes are OK.
>     * Translation updates are OK.
>     * Fixes for testsuite failures are OK.
>
>   Ideally I would like to make the release happen in two weeks time,
>   i.e. Saturday 5th Feb 2022.  Which I hope will be enough time for
>   everyone to get their final fixes in.
>

Hi Nick,

All configure files master and 2.38 branches are generated by a modified
autoconf with extra --runstatedir=DIR.  Shouldn't they be generated by
an unmodified autoconf?


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H.J.