[OE-core] [PATCH 1/7] binutils: upgrade from 2.21 to 2.21.1

[Khem Raj]

On Jul 7, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 14:39 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:25 PM,  <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:
>>> From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
>>> ---
>>> ...n_2.21.bb => binutils-cross-canadian_2.21.1.bb} |    0
>>> ...tils-cross_2.21.bb => binutils-cross_2.21.1.bb} |    0
>>> ...rosssdk_2.21.bb => binutils-crosssdk_2.21.1.bb} |    0
>>> .../110-arm-eabi-conf.patch                        |    0
>>> .../binutils-2.19.1-ld-sysroot.patch               |    0
>>> .../binutils-poison.patch                          |    0
>>> .../binutils-pr12366.patch                         |    0
>>> .../binutils-uclibc-100-uclibc-conf.patch          |    0
>>> ...binutils-uclibc-300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch |    0
>>> ...binutils-uclibc-300-006_better_file_error.patch |    0
>>> ...ils-uclibc-300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch |    0
>>> .../binutils-uclibc-gas-needs-libm.patch           |    0
>>> .../binutils-x86_64_i386_biarch.patch              |    0
>>> .../libiberty_path_fix.patch                       |    0
>>> .../libtool-2.4-update.patch                       | 1725 ++++++++++----------
>>> .../libtool-rpath-fix.patch                        |    0
>>> .../{binutils_2.21.bb => binutils_2.21.1.bb}       |    7 +-
>>> 17 files changed, 871 insertions(+), 861 deletions(-)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-cross-canadian_2.21.bb => binutils-cross-canadian_2.21.1.bb} (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-cross_2.21.bb => binutils-cross_2.21.1.bb} (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-crosssdk_2.21.bb => binutils-crosssdk_2.21.1.bb} (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/110-arm-eabi-conf.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-2.19.1-ld-sysroot.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-poison.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-pr12366.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-uclibc-100-uclibc-conf.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-uclibc-300-001_ld_makefile_patch.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-uclibc-300-006_better_file_error.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-uclibc-300-012_check_ldrunpath_length.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-uclibc-gas-needs-libm.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/binutils-x86_64_i386_biarch.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/libiberty_path_fix.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/libtool-2.4-update.patch (94%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils-2.21 => binutils}/libtool-rpath-fix.patch (100%)
>>> rename meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/{binutils_2.21.bb => binutils_2.21.1.bb} (87%)
>>> 
>> 
>> How about changing the recipe to fetch from binutils-2_21-branch and
>> call it binutils 2.21 as it is
> 
> I don't really see the benefits in fetching this from the SCM?

Not much yes however

Releases happen not so frequently but bug fixes go into the branch and it makes it easier to upgrade may be same as adding patches to metadata but we don't need to keep them local in metadata

It will match the process we do for other toolchain components



> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
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