On 24 Mar 2015 10:16, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 05:57:20AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > We should coordinate this with GCC.
> 
> I agree.  Using the same version of autotools for binutils+gdb+gcc is
> a good idea.
> 
> Why are we talking about such a small upgrade though?  Wouldn't it
> make more sense to move to the latest released autotools?  Not for new
> features, but for the bug fixes that have accumulated over the years.
> I know there have been bug reports about the versions we use..
> eg. https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16948

i don't have the cycles to shave that yak.  in this case, the minor update
(1) is fairly safe and (2) includes a good number of distros.
-mike