[tbb-bugs] #16472 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Upgrade Binutils to 2.25+ for Tor Browser builds

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#16472: Upgrade Binutils to 2.25+ for Tor Browser builds
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  task                                 |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-rbm, TorBrowserTeam201803R,      |  Actual Points:
  boklm201803                                    |
Parent ID:  #12968                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:54 gk]:
 > Replying to [comment:53 cypherpunks]:
 > > Replying to [comment:52 gk]:
 > > > Replying to [comment:49 cypherpunks]:
 > > > > Replying to [comment:48 boklm]:
 > > > > You can easily back out the above mentioned 3-line patch and test
 the latest binutils. Switching to ucrtbase.dll from your home-made
 msvcrt.dll hack looks better, though.
 > > >
 > > > Yes, but the ucrtbase approach is not ready yet, alas. It's not
 sufficiently mature yet for getting used for our Windows builds.
 > > It has been run on TC for quite some time, and Tom didn't file any
 issue with it. So, could you explain what is missing?
 >
 > Beacuse he is not using ucrtbase yet but plain msvcrt (you are using the
 former with `--with-default-msvcrt=ucrtbase`).
 Oh, he was going to solve some issues by using it, but it didn't happen,
 heh.
 > See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390583#c51 for an
 unresolved issue.
 Weird. Does `--with-default-msvcrt=msvcr100` work for you?

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