binutils: upgrade to 2.27 -> 2.29.1

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

It would be nice to upgrade the binutils ports and to switch to the crossbinutils PortGroup in ports where this is not yet the case.

name	old version	new	maintainer	commit
(using crossbinutils)
binutils	2.26.1	2.27		r150799, 82608d82
avr-binutils	2.25	2.27	g5pw	r151540
msp430-binutils	2.21.1a-20120406		g5pw	see #56109
msp430-binutils-devel	2.22-20120911		g5pw
arm-elf-binutils	2.25	2.27	stuartwesterman-gm	0eb3986f
arm-none-eabi-binutils	2.23.1	2.27	stuartwesterman-gm	ccc83b50
i386-elf-binutils	2.23.1	2.27	jinksys-gm	9a5ee5f9, see #51729
x86_64-elf-binutils	2.23.1	2.27	nategriswold-gm	9451379b, see #53011, #51728
ppc-linux-binutils	2.25	2.27		0cd1ac10
arm-aout-binutils	2.22	2.27		3ad4b096
spu-binutils	2.20.51.0.5	2.27		1edf79dc
i686-w64-mingw32-binutils	2.27	2.27	mojca
x86_64-w64-mingw32-binutils	2.27	2.27	mojca
(not using crossbinutils)
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-binutils	2005q3-2	2.27	stuartwesterman-gm	7288f431
m68k-elf-binutils	2.17	2.27		63481903
mips-elf-binutils	2.17	2.27		ba77cc17
mipsel-linux-binutils	2.16.1			see #38135, #43988
(rtems, see #31945)
arm-rtems-binutils	2.18
i386-rtems-binutils	2.18
lm32-rtems-binutils	2.21.1		yann.sionneau-gm
m68k-rtems-binutils	2.18
mips-rtems-binutils	2.18
powerpc-rtems-binutils	2.18
sh-rtems-binutils	2.18
sparc-rtems-binutils	2.18
(obsolete?, see #53061)
i386-mingw32-binutils	2.21-3			ed25e98e, see #38304, #43646
(removed)
i960-rtems-binutils	2.16.1			c9a51242

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 82608d82/macports-ports:

binutils: update to 2.27

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

i960-rtems-binutils says:

i960-rtems-gcc does not build on darwin 9+ (Mac OS X 10.5+) and it has been abandonned upstream.

and I can confirm that it doesn't build for me.

I suggest removing both ports (binutils and gcc).

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

I opened a ​pull request that updates some of the ports that use the PortGroup. I tried converting some others, but that often requires a lot more work and modifications.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In c9a51242/macports-ports:

i960-rtems-(binutils|gcc): remove obsolete ports

These ports no longer build on 10.5+, abandoned upstream.

See: #31945
See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 3ad4b096/macports-ports:

arm-aout-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 1edf79dc/macports-ports:

spu-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 0cd1ac1/macports-ports:

ppc-linux-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

Patches no longer needed (included upstream).

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 0eb3986/macports-ports:

arm-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

License is part of the PortGroup and not needed here.

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In ccc83b5/macports-ports:

arm-none-eabi-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 9451379b/macports-ports:

x86_64-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 9a5ee5f9/macports-ports:

i386-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In ba77cc17/macports-ports:

mips-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27, use portgroup

• Upgrade to binutils 2.27
• Add the crossbinutils portgroup
• Patch is no longer needed

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 63481903/macports-ports:

m68k-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27, use portgroup

• Upgrade to binutils 2.27
• Add the crossbinutils portgroup
• Patch is no longer needed

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 7288f431/macports-ports:

arm-none-linux-gnueabi-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

• Upgrade to binutils 2.27
• Add the crossbinutils portgroup
• Patch is no longer needed
• Maintainer timeout

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In ed25e98e/macports-ports:

i386-mingw32-binutils: upgrade to 2.25.1-1

• Upgrade to version 2.25.1-1
• Add license GPL-3+
• Remove $Id$ line

Closes: #38304
See: #51935
See: #53061

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 86b7e10f/macports-ports:

arm-aout-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In ac2c4a0f/macports-ports:

spu-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 45f441f5/macports-ports:

ppc-linux-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

Patches no longer needed (included upstream).

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 0e51d256/macports-ports:

arm-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

License is part of the PortGroup and not needed here.

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 51b0f70b/macports-ports:

arm-none-eabi-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 218cd7b4/macports-ports:

x86_64-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 07cded63/macports-ports:

i386-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

See: #51935
See: #53027

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In feb6c72d/macports-ports:

mips-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27, use portgroup

• Upgrade to binutils 2.27
• Add the crossbinutils portgroup
• Patch is no longer needed

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 60d740bb/macports-ports:

m68k-elf-binutils: upgrade to 2.27, use portgroup

• Upgrade to binutils 2.27
• Add the crossbinutils portgroup
• Patch is no longer needed

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 6b583ace/macports-ports:

arm-none-linux-gnueabi-binutils: upgrade to 2.27

• Upgrade to binutils 2.27
• Add the crossbinutils portgroup
• Patch is no longer needed
• Maintainer timeout

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In dd6de2b3/macports-ports:

i386-mingw32-binutils: upgrade to 2.25.1-1

• Upgrade to version 2.25.1-1
• Add license GPL-3+
• Remove $Id$ line

Closes: #38304
See: #51935
See: #53061

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In the meantime the version 2.28 has been released.

Dear maintainers, please test ​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/361 and report in case there are any issues with it.

[l2dy (Zero King)]

In be7b34f8/macports-ports:

*binutils: update to 2.28

See: #51935

[l2dy (Zero King)]

In 27d79f0d26810d0e06152756c665a68e66f3306b/macports-ports:

*binutils: update to 2.29

See: #51935

[l2dy (Zero King)]

Dear maintainers, please test ​​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/843 and report in case there are any issues with it.

[l2dy (Zero King)]

In b058af2c22dd3e1879b3eeff41823af83f762a5a/macports-ports:

*binutils: update to 2.29.1

See: #51935

[l2dy (Zero King)]

In 0354d33b3a1ca25d09a89e87bcedfb46fbd48e4b/macports-ports:

avr-binutils: update to 2.29.1, remove unused patch

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

In 68cbec8da462e3c22b2531d23db10f786428cb8a/macports-ports:

*-binutils: update to 2.30

See: #51935

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

I'm closing this ticket now. The only ports that have not be upgraded to 2.30 are those who either need a substantial update (mps430 #56109) or are good candidates to be removed (mingw #53061, rtems #31945, potentially mipsel-linux #56108)