The 2.46 release of the GNU Binutils is now available

[Jan Beulich]

On 10.02.2026 10:41, Nick Clifton wrote:
>>> We are pleased to announce that version 2.46 of the GNU Binutils project
>>> sources have been released and are now available for download at:
> 
>> since there was no reaction so far to the earlier similar request: What about
>> the plain binutils-2.46.tar.*?
> 
> Sorry for missing the previous discussions.  Is the idea that you want the
> releases to just be called "binutils-<number>.tar.<compression>" regardless
> of whether they contain the sources for gold ?
> 
> I can certainly do that.  But will users be confused if they download a
> tarball (for an odd numbered release) and do not find the gold sources ?

No, at least my expectation was to get two sets of tarballs, just like was
the case for 2.44: One without gold, and another with it included.

Jan