2.44 release branch has been created

[Alan Modra]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 03:34:51PM +0000, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
> On 20/01/2025 15:09, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> > 
> >> The SHF_STRINGS issue(s) need to be resolved before the release is made, this is causing some fallout on existing code (and the issue Alan mentions is causing problems building older versions of gcc).
> > 
> > A good point.  Please could you apply your fix to the 2.44 branch as well ?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Cheers
> >   Nick
> > 
> 
> Done.  That still leaves the issue Alan mentioned though.  I'll leave that to him for now.

OK, I've given Jan some time to say that he absolutely hates the gas
hack.  ;-)
I'll commit my change to master, along with a doc tweak and testsuite
addition, and after Nick OKs it, to the branch.

-- 
Alan Modra