binutils snapshot builds

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi Frank,

On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 11:28:38AM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> >   binutils-2.42.50.tar.gz
> > What about having:
> >   binutils-2.42.50-fc12b44ec0e.tar.gz
> 
> (Or else: git-describe.)

git describe produces some funky results because binutils-gdb is a
shared repo for multiple projects creating their own tags. So the
above currently produces gdb-14-branchpoint-2499-gfc12b44ec0e0

> > This would allow for example to easily cache already downloaded
> > snapshots on the client side.
> 
> By the way .... could someone spell out in what way these source
> tarball snapshots are useful, when the git repo is already easily
> available?

The snapshots mimic actual releases, which are non-trivial to
produce. Again some of this is historical, since it is a shared repo
between projects. You can of course run src-release.sh from git
yourself, but then you do need some extra tools installed.

Cheers,

Mark