Robert P. J. DAY says:
According to Mike Frysinger, this patch was removed from Gentoo in the
2.3.x series and didn't seem to cause any adverse effects. So toss it
from the patch directories for glibc 2.5 and up.
5 config BINUTILS_VERSION
10 prompt "binutils version"
12 config BINUTILS_V_2_14
14 prompt "2.14 (OBSOLETE)"
17 config BINUTILS_V_2_15
19 prompt "2.15 (OBSOLETE)"
22 config BINUTILS_V_2_16_1
26 config BINUTILS_V_2_17
30 config BINUTILS_V_2_18
34 config BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_1
36 prompt "2.18.50.0.1 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
37 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
39 config BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_2
41 prompt "2.18.50.0.2 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
42 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
44 config BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_3
46 prompt "2.18.50.0.3 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
47 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
49 config BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_4
51 prompt "2.18.50.0.4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
52 depends on EXPERIMENTAL
54 # CT_INSERT_VERSION_ABOVE
55 # Don't remove above line!
58 config BINUTILS_VERSION
60 default "2.14" if BINUTILS_V_2_14
61 default "2.15" if BINUTILS_V_2_15
62 default "2.16.1" if BINUTILS_V_2_16_1
63 default "2.17" if BINUTILS_V_2_17
64 default "2.18" if BINUTILS_V_2_18
65 default "2.18.50.0.1" if BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_1
66 default "2.18.50.0.2" if BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_2
67 default "2.18.50.0.3" if BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_3
68 default "2.18.50.0.4" if BINUTILS_V_2_18_50_0_4
69 # CT_INSERT_VERSION_STRING_ABOVE
70 # Don't remove above line!
72 config BINUTILS_EXTRA_CONFIG
74 prompt "binutils extra config"
77 Extra flags passed onto ./configure when configuring