2010-08-241.8: update version to 1.8.1+hg 1.8
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> [Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:15:36 +0200] rev 2095
1.8: update version to 1.8.1+hg

2010-08-24Tagging release 1.8.1 1.8
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> [Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:15:36 +0200] rev 2094
Tagging release 1.8.1

2010-08-241.8: update version to 1.8.1 1.8 crosstool-ng-1.8.1
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> [Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:15:36 +0200] rev 2093
1.8: update version to 1.8.1

2010-08-11scripts: in case of failed download, remove partial files 1.8
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> [Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:07:18 +0200] rev 2092
scripts: in case of failed download, remove partial files

It happens from time to time that the server mis-behaves, and breaks the
connection right in the middle of nowhere, for no good reason, leaving us
with a partial file, on which the extract pass would choke.

Remove partial downloads, to fail early.

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
(transplanted from eefacabd9e72f3d578e5dc5908026ed780f9a240)

2010-08-23docs: review REaDME
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> [Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:24:16 +0200] rev 2091
docs: review REaDME

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>

2010-08-21libc/glibc: repair debugging with gdb (glibc 2.9)
Titus von Boxberg <titus@v9g.de> [Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:46:24 +0200] rev 2090
libc/glibc: repair debugging with gdb (glibc 2.9)

Without this patch, crosstool-ng-built glibc-2.9 prevents
debugging any exeutable with gdb.
gdb says:
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
find_new_threads_callback: cannot get thread info: generic error
See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487212
for a discussion of the bug and the solution.

2010-08-21internals: call strip in a portable way
Titus von Boxberg <titus@v9g.de> [Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:45:50 +0200] rev 2089
internals: call strip in a portable way

strip on CT_HOST darwin does not want --strip-all or -v