[tor-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_revision
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-rbm, TorBrowserTeam201803,       |  Actual Points:
  boklm201803                                    |
Parent ID:  #12968                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by boklm):

 Replying to [comment:43 cypherpunks]:
 > bump mingw-w64 ;)

 Building firefox with `master` from mingw-w64 fails with:
 {{{
 i686-w64-mingw32-widl:
 /var/tmp/build/mingw-w64-b633824ecafd/mingw-w64-tools/widl/src/typetree.h:274:
 type_alias_get_aliasee: Assertion `type_is_alias(type)' failed.
 Aborted
 Makefile:109: recipe for target 'typelib_done' failed
 }}}

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