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I suppose we get to recompile all the DJGPP packages with these new
Binutils now right?

"Mark E." wrote:
> 
> The DJGPP port of Binutils 2.10 is now available from SimTel mirrors:
> 
> Binaries and Documentation (info and man formats):
> ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/bnu210b.zip
> 
> Source:
> ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/bnu210s.zip
> 
> BFD library:
> ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/bnu210a.zip
> 
> GNU Binutils is a collection of utilities for creating and examining
> object and executable files. The most important of these utilities
> are the assembler (as) and the linker (ld). The assembler takes the
> the output of a GNU compiler to produce an object file readable by the
> linker. The linker then reads the object files to create an executable.
> Another important utility is the archiver (ar) that creates libraries
> of object files (like libc.a).
> 
> New features in Binutils 2.10:
> 
> * 16-byte alignment for .text, .data, and .bss sections.
> * Intel-style syntax support.
> * Intel MMX and SSE instructions support.
> * AMD 3dNow! instructions support.
> * Fixes for handling drive names and the path separator.
> * Weak symbol support. GCC 2.95.2 or later use this feature with the
>   '-mbnu210' switch.
> * '.gnu.linkonce' sections support for space efficient use of C++ templates.
>   GCC 3.0 will be able to use this feature with the '-mbnu210' switch.
> 
> Read readme.dos in any of the archives for more information.
> 
> Enjoy,
> Mark <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>

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