Please test the binutils 2.7 release

[Robert Lipe]

Ian Lance Taylor writes:

> I've made the branch for the binutils 2.7 release.  Ken will set up
> [ munch ]  
> Please pick up the snapshot and test it.  I would particularly like to
> see it tested on Linux and *BSD.

Can't help with those, but I just built both COFF and ELF versions for
SCO OpenServer 5 and used the assembler to rebuild itself.   I realize
this is not an exhaustive test.   Since this is an x86 UNIX, it may 
help your confidence on those targets.

I have used the 96q2 progressives much more and feel pretty good about
them.

> Please let me know about any problems, so that they can be fixed
> before the final release.  I don't want to drag out the testing

The configure and build was nice and boring.   Excellent work, guys!

Other than the problem you and I discussed privately, I have only
a few documention patches to offer.

*** gas/NEWS_   Fri Jun 28 11:38:02 1996
--- gas/NEWS    Mon Jul  8 13:29:36 1996
***************
*** 16,22 ****

  i386/PowerPC gnu-win32 support added.

! SCO ELF support added.

  m88k-motorola-sysv* support added.

--- 16,25 ----

  i386/PowerPC gnu-win32 support added.

! SCO ELF support added.  For OpenServer 5 targets (i386-unknown-sco3.2v5.0.0)
! the default is to build COFF-only support.  To get a set of tools that
! generate ELF (they'll understand both COFF and ELF), you must configure
! with target=i386-unknown-sco3.2v5.0.0elf.

  m88k-motorola-sysv* support added.


*** gas/README_ Mon Jul  8 13:24:13 1996
--- gas/README  Mon Jul  8 13:24:54 1996
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*** 182,187 ****
--- 182,188 ----
        rs6000
        unixware
        sco 3.2v4.2
+       sco openserver 5.0 (a.k.a. 3.2v5.0 )
        sparc solaris 2.3

  For cross-assemblers, I believe hosting to work on any of the machines listed