[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 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?
 Also there is no need to match the versions of binutils in lin and win
 toolchains. So we can benefit of using `-z separate-code` in binutils
 2.30. Generally, earlier tests of newer versions would have helped to find
 selfrando bugs earlier.

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