Bart De VOS pointed out that removing absolute paths from the libc linker scripts is plainly wrong.
It dates from dawn ages of the original crosstool code, and is not well explained. At that time, binutils might not understand the sysroot stuff, and it was necessary to remove absolute paths in that case.

/trunk/scripts/build/libc/glibc.sh | 14 2 12 0 ++------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Update the PowerPC SPE samle:
- don't DEBUG crosstool-NG and don't save intermediate steps
- use released version of binutils rather than snapshots.

/trunk/samples/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnuspe/crosstool.config | 17 8 9 0 ++++++++---------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Allow fully qulified file name in tools to check for.
Simplify checking for bash.

/trunk/configure | 30 13 17 0 +++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Udate the PowerPC SPE sample.

/trunk/samples/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnuspe/crosstool.config | 153 81 72 0 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 81 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)

Make eglibc build on systems where both autoconf-2.13 and autoconf-2.50 are installed (such as Debian).

/trunk/patches/eglibc/2_8/110-AC_PREREQ-2.50.patch | 78 78 0 0 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 78 insertions(+)

Rework the eglibc download so as to be a little bit saner.

/trunk/scripts/build/libc/eglibc.sh | 25 15 10 0 +++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Add binutils-2.18.50.0.9.
Add a patch to binutils to not use '/' as a comment separator on i386 assembly when targeting bare metal (breaks linux kernel build).

/trunk/patches/binutils/2.18.50.0.8/130-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 64 64 0 0 ++++++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.18.50.0.9/130-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 64 64 0 0 ++++++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.14/110-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 38 38 0 0 ++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.14/270-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 38 38 0 0 ++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.16.1/160-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 40 40 0 0 ++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.17/210-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 64 64 0 0 ++++++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.18/120-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 64 64 0 0 ++++++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.18.50.0.4/130-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 64 64 0 0 ++++++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.18.50.0.6/130-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 64 64 0 0 ++++++++++
/trunk/patches/binutils/2.18.50.0.7/130-i386-no-divide-comment.patch | 64 64 0 0 ++++++++++
/trunk/config/binutils.in | 6 6 0 0 +
11 files changed, 570 insertions(+)

Move snapshots version after numbered versions (aka releases).

/trunk/config/debug/gdb.in | 13 7 6 0 +++++++------
/trunk/config/libc/glibc.in | 21 11 10 0 +++++++++++----------
/trunk/config/libc/uClibc.in | 21 11 10 0 +++++++++++----------
/trunk/config/libc/eglibc.in | 13 7 6 0 +++++++------
4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

Backport #1014 from trunk:
Don't advertise 'xconfig' as a config rule.

/branches/1.2/kconfig/conf.c | 2 1 1 0 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Backport #1013 from trunk:
Fix architecture config file make rules.

/branches/1.2/kconfig/kconfig.mk | 2 1 1 0 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)