GNU Binutils

This package is based on the package 'binutils' from project 'devel'.

C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
size, strings, and strip. These utilities are needed whenever you want
to compile a program or kernel.



Authors:
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    Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
    Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
    Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
    Bill Cox <bill@cygnus.com>
    Brendan Kehoe <brendan@cygnus.com>
    D. V. Henkel-Wallace <gumby@cygnus.com>
    DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
    David D "Zoo" Zuhn <zoo@cygnus.com>
    David J. Mackenzie <djm@cygnus.com>
    Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
    Diego Novillo <dnovillo@redhat.com>
    Doug Evans <dje@cygnus.com>
    Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
    Eric Youngdale <eric@aib.com>
    Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
    Geoff Keating <geoffk@redhat.com>
    H.J.Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
    Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
    Ian Dall <dall@hfrd.dsto.gov.au>
    Ian Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
    J.T. Conklin <jtc@cygnus.com>
    Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
    Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
    Jason Eckhardt <jle@redhat.com>
    Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
    Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
    Jeffrey Osier <jeffrey@cygnus.com>
    Jeffrey Wheat <cassidy@cygnus.com>
    Jim Kingdon <kingdon@cygnus.com>
    Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
    John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus.com>
    Jörn Rennecke <amylaar@redhat.com>
    K. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus.com>
    Ken Raeburn <raeburn@cygnus.com>
    Kung Hsu <kung@cygnus.com>
    Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com>
    Michael Meissner <meissner@redhat.com>
    Michael Tiemann <tiemann@cygnus.com>
    Mike Werner <mtw@cygnus.com>
    Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
    Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
    Peter Schauer <pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
    Richard Earnshaw <rwe@pegasus.esprit.ec.org>
    Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
    Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
    Rob Savoye <rob@cygnus.com>
    Roland H. Pesch <pesch@wrs.com>
    Sean Eric Fagan <sef@cygnus.com>
    Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>
    Stephane Carrez <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>
    Steve Chamberlain <sac@cygnus.com>
    Stu Grossman <grossman@cygnus.com>
    Torbjorn Granlund <tege@cygnus.com>
    Ulf Carlsson <ulfc@calypso.engr.sgi.com>