Rawhide synchronization for the GNU Binutils
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This page documents the process by which the rawhide binutils package is synced with the upstream GNU Binutils project. The aim of this process is to make syncing simple and easy so that it can be performed on a regular basis. Due to the fact that the binutils is an important component in the toolchain used to build many of the packages in rawhide however, it is important to extensively test a new binutils before putting it into the buildroot. This does make the syncing process more time consuming and complicated.
This process is based upon a similar process for the GNU C Library (GlibcRawhideSync), but tweaked to fit the binutils package.
TL;DR
Make sure you have authenticated and meet the pre-requisites (see notes below).
Follow these steps:
1. Make sure that your clones of the upstream GNU Binutils and the Fedora rawhide binutils are up to date and clean. If there any problems or uncommitted changes, resolve them before continuing.
cd <upstream-binutils> ; git pull ; git status cd <rawhide-binutils> ; git pull ; git status
2. Create a source tarball from the upstream sources:
cd <upstream-binutils> ; ./src-release -x binutils
3. Copy the tarball into the fedora sources:
cp binutils.tar.xz <rawhide-binutils>
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