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JULY 29, 2026
binutils Proposed

Regenerate ld/po/BLD-POTFILES.in

A simple patch to regenerate the BLD-POTFILES.in file for the ld/po directory.

This is a routine patch that regenerates the ld/po/BLD-POTFILES.in file. The change involves removing a single line (ei386beos.c) from the file, likely indicating that this file is no longer relevant or is being removed from the build process.

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  1. Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> proposer

    Submits a patch to regenerate `ld/po/BLD-POTFILES.in`, removing an obsolete file entry.

    “diff --git a/ld/po/BLD-POTFILES.in b/ld/po/BLD-POTFILES.in index d7d0c517307..fe46c510261 100644 --- a/ld/po/BLD-POTFILES.in +++ b/ld/po/BLD-POTFILES.in @@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ ehppalinux.c ehppanbsd.c ehppaobsd.c ei386aout.c -ei386beos.c ei386bsd.c ei386go32.c ei386lynx.c”

In Details

This patch updates the BLD-POTFILES.in file within the ld/po directory of the binutils source tree. This file is typically used in the build system to manage internationalization (i18n) files, specifically for generating POT (Portable Object Template) files used for translations. The change involves removing an entry for ei386beos.c, suggesting that support or translation for this specific component is being deprecated or removed.

For Context
po
A directory commonly used in software projects for translation files, often in conjunction with the gettext utility.
POTFILES.in
A file used in GNU gettext build systems to list source files that contain translatable strings, used to generate a .pot template file.
regen
Short for 'regenerate'. In this context, it means the patch is re-creating or updating build system files, often using an automated script.
ld
The linker, a component of the GNU Binutils that combines object files into an executable or library.
ei386beos.c
A C source file likely related to specific linker support for the BeOS operating system on the Intel 386 architecture.
Filed Under: build systeminternationalizationlinkerpatch