[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 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`). See:
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390583#c51 for an unresolved
 issue.

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