binutils 2.9 branch created

binutils 2.9 branch created

[Ian Lance Taylor]

I've created the binutils 2.9 branch, and Ken has switched over the
snapshot generation script.  That means that starting with tomorrow's
snapshot (980331), the snapshots will be taken from the release
branch.  The 980331 snapshot will become the binutils 2.9 release,
modulo any patches I get soon.

I encourage everybody to download the snapshot and test it,
particularly people working on free systems.

Unless I get a bunch of patches, I'd like to get the release out next
week.

Please send any patches to the gas2 and/or bfd mailing list, so that
others can see the patches.  If you see a patch go by which looks
wrong or destabilizing, please send a note about it.  Thanks.

Ian

A gprof patch for binutils 2.9

[H.J. Lu]

A new target for "make diststuff".

H.J.
---
Fri Mar 20 21:08:33 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* Makefile.am (diststuff): New target.

	* Makefile.in: Rebuilt.

Index: gprof/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/gprof/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.4
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.4 -r1.2
--- Makefile.am	1998/02/04 21:58:43	1.1.1.4
+++ Makefile.am	1998/03/21 05:34:18	1.2
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 info_TEXINFOS = gprof.texi
 man_MANS = gprof.1
 
+diststuff: $(DISTFILES) info
+
 # Dependencies.
 $(OBJECTS): ../bfd/bfd.h call_graph.h cg_arcs.h cg_print.h \
 	core.h gmon_io.h gmon_out.h gprof.h hertz.h hist.h \

Another binutils patch for binutils 2.9

[H.J. Lu]

This is used to speed up archive update when building glibc 2.


H.J.
-----
Sat Mar 21 22:09:06 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* ar.c (usage): Add 'S'.

	* ar.1: Update for 'S'.

Sat Mar 21 20:57:14 1998  Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.phys.columbia.edu>

	* ar.c (main): Add 'S' for disabling symbol-table generation.

Index: binutils/ar.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/binutils/ar.1,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.3
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.3 -r1.2
--- ar.1	1995/11/28 04:16:51	1.1.1.3
+++ ar.1	1998/03/25 17:09:12	1.2
@@ -416,6 +416,13 @@
 \|' on it.
 
 .TP
+.B S
+Forcibly disable symbol-table generation. You may use it to speed up
+the build of a large library with many steps. But you should run `\|\c
+.B ranlib\c
+\|' on it as the last step.
+
+.TP
 .B u
 Normally, \c
 .B ar r\c
Index: binutils/ar.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/binutils/ar.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.15
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.1.1.15 -r1.7
--- ar.c	1998/02/17 17:05:39	1.1.1.15
+++ ar.c	1998/03/25 17:09:13	1.7
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
   s = help ? stdout : stderr;
   if (! is_ranlib)
     fprintf (s, "\
-Usage: %s [-]{dmpqrtx}[abcilosuvV] [member-name] archive-file file...\n\
+Usage: %s [-]{dmpqrtx}[abcilosSuvV] [member-name] archive-file file...\n\
        %s -M [<mri-script]\n",
 	     program_name, program_name);
   else
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@
 	  break;
 	case 's':
 	  write_armap = 1;
+	  break;
+	case 'S':
+	  write_armap = -1;
 	  break;
 	case 'u':
 	  newer_only = 1;

A binutils patch for binutils 2.9

[H.J. Lu]

This is also used for "make diststuff".

H.J.
---
Tue Mar 31 07:23:48 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* Makefile.am (diststuff): Depend on $(DISTFILES) instead of
	$(DISTSTUFF).
	(DISTSTUFF): Removed.
	(EXTRA_DIST): New.

	* Makefile.in: Rebuilt.

Index: binutils/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/binutils/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.7
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.1.1.7 -r1.11
--- Makefile.am	1998/03/31 19:46:59	1.1.1.7
+++ Makefile.am	1998/03/31 22:24:53	1.11
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@
 	$(BULIBS)
 windres_LDADD = $(BFDLIB) $(LIBIBERTY) @LEXLIB@
 
-DISTSTUFF = arparse.c arparse.h arlex.c nlmheader.c sysinfo.c sysinfo.h \
-	syslex.c deflex.c
-diststuff: $(DISTSTUFF) info
+EXTRA_DIST = $(GENERATED_CFILES) $(GENERATED_HFILES)
+
+diststuff: $(DISTFILES) info
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = stamp-under sysinfo underscore.c sysroff.c sysroff.h
 

An ld patch for binutils 2.9

[H.J. Lu]

This is an update for my last patch.


H.J.
----
Thu Mar 26 07:31:42 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* Makefile.am (diststuff): Depend on $(DISTFILES) instead of
	$(LDDISTSTUFF).
	(LDDISTSTUFF): Removed.

	* Makefile.in: Rebuilt.

Index: ld/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/ld/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.9
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.1.1.9 -r1.15
--- Makefile.am	1998/03/31 19:47:23	1.1.1.9
+++ Makefile.am	1998/03/31 22:25:37	1.15
@@ -671,10 +680,7 @@
 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$f $(scriptdir)/$$f ; \
 	done
 
-# Stuff that should be included in a distribution.  The diststuff
-# target is run by the taz target in ../Makefile.in.
-LDDISTSTUFF = ldgram.c ldgram.h ldlex.c
-diststuff: $(LDDISTSTUFF) info
+diststuff: $(DISTFILES) info
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = ldscripts
 

A bfd patch to binutils 2.9

[H.J. Lu]

They are used to update those generated files with "make diststuff".


H.J.
---
Fri Mar 20 21:45:01 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* Makefile.am (diststuff): New target.

	* Makefile.in: Rebuild.

Index: bfd/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/bfd/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.7
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.1.1.7 -r1.12
--- Makefile.am	1998/03/02 17:28:56	1.1.1.7
+++ Makefile.am	1998/03/21 05:46:04	1.12
@@ -542,6 +550,8 @@
 	cp $(docdir)/libcoff.h libcoff.h-new
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../move-if-change libcoff.h-new $(srcdir)/libcoff.h
 
+diststuff: info headers
+
 # We only rebuild the header files automatically if we have been
 # configured with --enable-maintainer-mode.
 

Fri Mar 20 19:46:45 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* Makefile.am (STAGESTUFF): Remove *.info*.

	* Makefile.in: Rebuilt.

Index: bfd/doc/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/bfd/doc/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.3
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.1.1.3 -r1.2
--- Makefile.am	1998/02/17 17:04:52	1.1.1.3
+++ Makefile.am	1998/03/21 03:48:09	1.2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	$(srcdir)/../cpu-i960.c $(srcdir)/../archures.c \
 	$(srcdir)/../init.c
 
-STAGESTUFF = $(DOCFILES) *.info*
+STAGESTUFF = $(DOCFILES)
 
 TEXIDIR = $(srcdir)/../../texinfo/fsf
 

A gas patch for binutils 2.9

[H.J. Lu]

Here is an update for my last patch.


H.J.
---
Thu Mar 26 08:43:53 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* Makefile.am (diststuff): Depend on $(DISTFILES) instead of
	$(DISTSTUFF).
	(DISTSTUFF): Removed.

	* Makefile.in: Rebuilt.

Index: gas/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/work/cvs/gnu/binutils/gas/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.8
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.1.1.8 -r1.7
--- Makefile.am	1998/03/26 18:28:49	1.1.1.8
+++ Makefile.am	1998/03/26 23:33:36	1.7
@@ -351,8 +351,7 @@
 
 EXTRA_DIST = make-gas.com
 
-DISTSTUFF = make-gas.com m68k-parse.c itbl-parse.c itbl-parse.h itbl-lex.c
-diststuff: $(DISTSTUFF) info
+diststuff: $(DISTFILES) info
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = targ-cpu.h obj-format.h targ-env.h itbl-cpu.h cgen-opc.h
 

Re: An ld patch for binutils 2.9

[Ian Lance Taylor]

   From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
   Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:04:13 +6400 (PST)

These changes to use $(DISTFILES) do not look right to me.  DISTFILES
is an undocumented automake internal variable.  automake may rename
DISTFILES in the future, and then these changes will not work.

Please indicate what actual problem you are trying to solve.  This is
always a good idea for any patch.

Ian

Re: binutils 2.9 branch created

[Manfred Hollstein]

I just checked the gas-980331 snapshot on these configurations:

  - hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20
  - m68k-motorola-sysv (aka `delta')
  - m88k-motorola-sysv3 (aka `delta88')
  - sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
  - sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4

I didn't observe any problem!

manfred

Re: binutils 2.9 branch created

[Manfred Hollstein]

On Wed, 1 April 1998, 15:11:40, manfred@s-direktnet.de wrote:

 > I just checked the gas-980331 snapshot on these configurations:
 > 
 >   - hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20
 >   - m68k-motorola-sysv (aka `delta')
 >   - m88k-motorola-sysv3 (aka `delta88')
 >   - sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
 >   - sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4
 > 
 > I didn't observe any problem!

But, on i586-linux-gnulibc1 building current  egcs snapshot (from CVS)
fails (stage1/cc1 is calling abort  while compiling getopt.c)!   Using
H.J. Lu's binutils-2.8.1.0.15 instead doesn't show such problems!

Unfortunately, I have no idea what's going on.

Re: binutils 2.9 branch created

[Manfred Hollstein]

On Wed, 1 April 1998, 21:00:54, manfred@s-direktnet.de wrote:

 > On Wed, 1 April 1998, 15:11:40, manfred@s-direktnet.de wrote:
 > 
 >  > I just checked the gas-980331 snapshot on these configurations:
 >  > 
 >  >   - hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20
 >  >   - m68k-motorola-sysv (aka `delta')
 >  >   - m88k-motorola-sysv3 (aka `delta88')
 >  >   - sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
 >  >   - sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4
 >  > 
 >  > I didn't observe any problem!
 > 
 > But, on i586-linux-gnulibc1 building current  egcs snapshot (from CVS)
 > fails (stage1/cc1 is calling abort  while compiling getopt.c)!   Using
 > H.J. Lu's binutils-2.8.1.0.15 instead doesn't show such problems!

Nope, I was too fast. Two minutes after having sent this message:

stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c  -DIN_GCC   -DUSE_GNULIBC_1 -O9 -funroll-all-loops -g -DUSE_GAS -DUSE_GLD -march=pentium -mcpu=pentium -malign-loops=0 -malign-jumps=0 -malign-functions=0 -fomit-frame-pointer -W -Wall  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -I. -I../../egcs-980401/gcc -I../../egcs-980401/gcc/config ../../egcs-980401/gcc/getopt.c
../../egcs-980401/gcc/getopt.c: In function `_getopt_initialize':
../../egcs-980401/gcc/getopt.c:386: warning: unused parameter `argc'
../../egcs-980401/gcc/getopt.c:387: warning: unused parameter `argv'
xgcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 6

So, it's most likely a problem with egcs.

Please accept my apology for any confusion.

manfred

Re: binutils 2.9 branch created

[Ian Lance Taylor]

   Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 13:40:28 +1300 NZST
   From: Clive Nicolson <srwmcln@baby.bedroom.gen.nz>

   >   Is the source for binutils avaliable via anon cvs, a la egcs?
   >
   >>Not yet.  I plan to look into that sometime after I return from
   >>vacation.

   Any firmer plans yet?

No.  There definitely won't be any further plans until the 2.9 release
goes out.

In any case, I'll get to this when I get to it.  I'm not going to set
any deadlines for myself.  It'll happen when it happens.

Ian

Re: binutils 2.9 branch created

[Clive Nicolson]

>   Is the source for binutils avaliable via anon cvs, a la egcs?
>
>>Not yet.  I plan to look into that sometime after I return from
>>vacation.

Any firmer plans yet?

Clive