[Freemint-discuss] Bad news: a.out support for m68k is going to be removed from binutils

[Thorsten O. <ad...@th...>]

As seen on the binutils mailing list:

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Subject: Remove m68k-aout and m68k-coff support
Date: Montag, 16. April 2018, 08:24:46 CEST
From: Alan Modra <am...@gm...>
To: bin...@so...

include/
	* aout/host.h: Remove m68k-aout and m68k-coff support.
	* aout/hp300hpux.h: Delete.
	* coff/apollo.h: Delete.
	* coff/aux-coff.h: Delete.
	* coff/m68k.h: Delete.
bfd/
	* Makefile.am: Remove m68k-aout and m68k-coff support.
	* aoutf1.h: Likewise.
	* aoutx.h: Likewise.
	* archive.c: Likewise.
	* bfd-in.h: Likewise.
	* bfd.c: Likewise.
	* coffcode.h: Likewise.
	* coffswap.h: Likewise.
	* config.bfd: Likewise.
	* configure.ac: Likewise.
	* configure.host: Likewise.
	* doc/bfd.texinfo: Likewise.
	* doc/bfdint.texi: Likewise.
	* freebsd.h: Likewise.
	* gen-aout.c: Likewise.
	* hpux-core.c: Likewise.
	* libaout.h: Likewise.
	* libbfd-in.h: Likewise.
	* pdp11.c: Likewise.
	* peicode.h: Likewise.
	* riscix.c: Likewise.
	* targets.c: Likewise.
	* aout0.c: Delete.
	* coff-apollo.c: Delete.
	* coff-aux.c: Delete.
	* coff-m68k.c: Delete.
	* coff-svm68k.c: Delete.
	* coff-u68k.c: Delete.
	* hosts/delta68.h: Delete.
	* hosts/hp300bsd.h: Delete.
	* hosts/m68kaux.h: Delete.
	* hosts/news.h: Delete.
	* hp300bsd.c: Delete.
	* hp300hpux.c: Delete.
	* liboasys.h: Delete.
	* m68k4knetbsd.c: Delete.
	* m68klinux.c: Delete.
	* m68knetbsd.c: Delete.
	* oasys.c: Delete.
	* versados.c: Delete.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* libbfd.h: Regenerate.
	* po/SRC-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
binutils/
	* testsuite/binutils-all/copy-2.d: Remove m68k-aout and m68k-coff
	support.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/copy-3.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Likewise.
	* testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp: Likewise.
gas/
	* Makefile.am: Remove m68k-aout and m68k-coff support.
	* config/tc-m68k.c: Likewise.
	* config/tc-m68k.h: Likewise.
	* configure.ac: Likewise.
	* configure.tgt: Likewise.
	* testsuite/gas/all/weakref1u.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/all.exp: Likewise.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/br-isaa.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/br-isab.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/br-isac.d: Likewise.
	* config/te-psos.h: Delete.
	* config/te-sun3.h: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k-coff/gas.exp: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k-coff/p2389.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k-coff/p2389a.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k-coff/p2430.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k-coff/p2430a.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k-coff/t1.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/p3041.d: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/p3041.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/p3041data.d: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/p3041data.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/p3041pcrel.d: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/p3041pcrel.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/gas/m68k/t2.d: Delete.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
	* config.in: Regenerate.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* po/POTFILES.in: Regenerate.
ld/
	* Makefile.am: Remove m68k-aout and m68k-coff support.
	* configure.tgt: Likewise.
	* emultempl/m68kelf.em: Likewise.
	* ld.texinfo: Likewise.
	* mri.c: Likewise.
	* emulparams/delta68.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/hp300bsd.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/hp3hpux.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/m68k4knbsd.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/m68kaout.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/m68kaux.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/m68kcoff.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/m68klinux.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/m68knbsd.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/m68kpsos.sh: Delete.
	* emulparams/sun3.sh: Delete.
	* emultempl/m68kcoff.em: Delete.
	* scripttempl/delta68.sc: Delete.
	* scripttempl/m68kaux.sc: Delete.
	* scripttempl/m68kcoff.sc: Delete.
	* scripttempl/psos.sc: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t1-1.ro: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t1-2.ro: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t1.ld: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t1.ook: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t2-1.ro: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t2-2.ro: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t2-3.ro: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t2.ld: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/t2.ook: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-versados/versados.exp: Delete.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
	* po/BLD-POTFILES.in: Regenerate.

Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM