diff -r e445c00d134d -r d3e603e7c17c patches/binutils/2.17/190-skip-comments.patch
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/patches/binutils/2.17/190-skip-comments.patch	Mon Jul 28 21:32:33 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+[removed first hunk so it would apply to 2.16.1 - copyright date already updated - dank]
+
+Retrieved from http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-04/msg00646.html
+Fixes
+localealias.s:544: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `,' 
+when building glibc-2.3.2 with gcc-3.4.0 and binutils-2.15.90.0.3
+
+Paths adjusted to match crosstool's patcher.
+
+Message-Id: m3n052qw2g.fsf@whitebox.m5r.de
+From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
+To: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>
+Cc: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
+Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:27:19 +0200
+Subject: Re: demand_empty_rest_of_line and ignore_rest_of_line
+
+Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com> writes:
+
+> Index: read.c
+> ===================================================================
+> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gas/read.c,v
+> retrieving revision 1.76
+> diff -c -3 -p -r1.76 read.c
+> *** read.c	12 Mar 2004 17:48:12 -0000	1.76
+> --- read.c	18 Mar 2004 09:56:05 -0000
+> *************** read_a_source_file (char *name)
+> *** 1053,1059 ****
+>   #endif
+>   	  input_line_pointer--;
+>   	  /* Report unknown char as ignored.  */
+> ! 	  ignore_rest_of_line ();
+>   	}
+>   
+>   #ifdef md_after_pass_hook
+> --- 1053,1059 ----
+>   #endif
+>   	  input_line_pointer--;
+>   	  /* Report unknown char as ignored.  */
+> ! 	  demand_empty_rest_of_line ();
+>   	}
+>   
+>   #ifdef md_after_pass_hook
+
+This means that the unknown character is no longer ignored, despite the
+comment.  As a side effect a line starting with a line comment character
+not followed by APP in NO_APP mode now triggers an error instead of just a
+warning, breaking builds of glibc on m68k-linux.  Earlier in
+read_a_source_file where #APP is handled there is another comment that
+claims that unknown comments are ignored, when in fact they aren't (only
+the initial line comment character is skipped).
+
+Note that the presence of #APP will mess up the line counters, but
+that appears to be difficult to fix.
+
+Andreas.
+
+2004-04-23  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	* read.c (read_a_source_file): Ignore unknown text after line
+	comment character.  Fix misleading comment.
+
+--- binutils/gas/read.c.~1.78.~	2004-04-23 08:58:23.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils/gas/read.c	2004-04-23 21:49:01.000000000 +0200
+@@ -1008,10 +1008,14 @@ read_a_source_file (char *name)
+ 	      unsigned int new_length;
+ 	      char *tmp_buf = 0;
+ 
+-	      bump_line_counters ();
+ 	      s = input_line_pointer;
+ 	      if (strncmp (s, "APP\n", 4))
+-		continue;	/* We ignore it */
++		{
++		  /* We ignore it */
++		  ignore_rest_of_line ();
++		  continue;
++		}
++	      bump_line_counters ();
+ 	      s += 4;
+ 
+ 	      sb_new (&sbuf);
+@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ read_a_source_file (char *name)
+ 	    continue;
+ #endif
+ 	  input_line_pointer--;
+-	  /* Report unknown char as ignored.  */
++	  /* Report unknown char as error.  */
+ 	  demand_empty_rest_of_line ();
+ 	}
+ 
+
+-- 
+Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@suse.de
+SuSE Linux AG, Maxfeldstra&#xC3;e 5, 90409 N&#xC3;rnberg, Germany
+Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756  01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5
+"And now for something completely different."