gnu: binutils: Update to 2.37.

* gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch: Adjust for upstream
changes.
* gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch: Delete file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Adjust accordingly.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils): Update to 2.37.
[source](patches): Remove obsolete patch.

4 files changed, 10 insertions, 48 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 0839c81077..239a32d1fd 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -878,7 +878,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/beignet-correct-file-names.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/bidiv-update-fribidi.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-boot-2.20.1a.patch		\
-  %D%/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-mingw-w64-timestamp.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-mingw-w64-deterministic.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index f5dd5f6b77..f221e9484f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -508,16 +508,15 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.36.1")
+   (version "2.37")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "18ypqr5y48vxqg9mkz1c47798jp1xb1d4vfpmfq8vkihkvkx4jsv"))
-            (patches (search-patches "binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch"
-                                     "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
+              "1m3b2rdfv1dmdpd0bzg1hy7i8a2qng53szc6livyi3nh6101mz37"))
+            (patches (search-patches "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
    ;; TODO: Add dependency on zlib + those for Gold.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e6c82f704e..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes a bug exposed when running the libiberty test suite on
-big-endian machines.
-
-Original bug report:
-https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27751
-Follow-ups:
-https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=100177
-https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2021-April/568314.html
-
----
- libiberty/rust-demangle.c | 9 ++++++---
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/libiberty/rust-demangle.c b/libiberty/rust-demangle.c
-index 6fd8f6a4db0..848563fa3c3 100644
---- a/libiberty/rust-demangle.c
-+++ b/libiberty/rust-demangle.c
-@@ -1253,9 +1253,12 @@ demangle_const_char (struct rust_demangler *rdm)
-   else if (value == '\n')
-     PRINT ("\\n");
-   else if (value > ' ' && value < '~')
--    /* Rust also considers many non-ASCII codepoints to be printable, but
--       that logic is not easily ported to C. */
--    print_str (rdm, (char *) &value, 1);
-+    {
-+      /* Rust also considers many non-ASCII codepoints to be printable, but
-+      that logic is not easily ported to C. */
-+      char c = value;
-+      print_str (rdm, &c, 1);
-+    }
-   else
-     {
-       PRINT ("\\u{");
--- 
-2.31.1
-
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch
index f43572a53d..68ab47de91 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch
@@ -4,22 +4,22 @@ Patch by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.
 
 --- binutils/gas/config/tc-mips.c.orig	2012-09-04 10:21:03.000000000 -0400
 +++ binutils/gas/config/tc-mips.c	2013-10-06 02:23:21.651983768 -0400
-@@ -910,10 +910,10 @@
+@@ -934,10 +934,10 @@ enum fix_vr4120_class
  };
  
  /* ...likewise -mfix-loongson2f-jump.  */
--static bfd_boolean mips_fix_loongson2f_jump;
-+static bfd_boolean mips_fix_loongson2f_jump = FALSE;
+-static bool mips_fix_loongson2f_jump;
++static bool mips_fix_loongson2f_jump = FALSE;
  
  /* ...likewise -mfix-loongson2f-nop.  */
--static bfd_boolean mips_fix_loongson2f_nop;
-+static bfd_boolean mips_fix_loongson2f_nop = TRUE;
+-static bool mips_fix_loongson2f_nop;
++static bool mips_fix_loongson2f_nop = FALSE;
  
  /* True if -mfix-loongson2f-nop or -mfix-loongson2f-jump passed.  */
- static bfd_boolean mips_fix_loongson2f;
+ static bool mips_fix_loongson2f;
 --- binutils/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp.orig	2012-09-04 10:17:13.000000000 -0400
 +++ binutils/gas/testsuite/gas/mips/mips.exp	2013-10-06 02:23:21.663983768 -0400
-@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
+@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ proc mips_arch_init {} {
  
      # Catch because the variable won't be set the first time through.
      catch {unset mips_arches}