[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_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 boklm):

 I started bisecting binutils to find which commit is causing the error:
 {{{
 git bisect start
 # good: [90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94] Bump version to 2.29.1
 and regenerate configure files
 git bisect good 90276f15379d380761fc499da2ba24cfb3c12a94
 # bad: [8db5daf9efe8a6174d3b10ac7bba8c178836e9ce] Update version number
 and development status for the 2.30 release.
 git bisect bad 8db5daf9efe8a6174d3b10ac7bba8c178836e9ce
 # skip: [55a09eb6df557934bcb7e96d8ab4e9e7ca0670be] Add markers.
 git bisect skip 55a09eb6df557934bcb7e96d8ab4e9e7ca0670be
 # bad: [9192b7decc7256a41502bf68df36f429cceffc89] Make gdb.base/auvx.exp
 work with --target_board=native-extended-gdbserver
 git bisect bad 9192b7decc7256a41502bf68df36f429cceffc89
 # bad: [c9a5e2a5b2b20d83f60026459d3a6b68481566c9] Adjust code generated by
 regformats/regdat.sh
 git bisect bad c9a5e2a5b2b20d83f60026459d3a6b68481566c9
 # good: [206c9c79ee24759c0e0af96e6722298b413f2716] PR21017, microblaze
 missing _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ symbol
 git bisect good 206c9c79ee24759c0e0af96e6722298b413f2716
 }}}

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