Add Changelog entries and NEWS entries for 2.36 branch

18 files changed, 61 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4e38898ac49..185bde7efbd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-07  Samuel Thibault  <samuel.thibault@gnu.org>
 
 	* libtool.m4: Match gnu* along with other GNU systems.
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 11a2c33b223..4de45cb44c3 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_link_setup_gnu_properties): Also set
diff --git a/binutils/BRANCHES b/binutils/BRANCHES
index 1fb51c2cc13..b214714fa23 100644
--- a/binutils/BRANCHES
+++ b/binutils/BRANCHES
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ binutils-2_32-branch
 binutils-2_33-branch
 binutils-2_34-branch
 binutils-2_35-branch
+binutils-2_36-branch
 
 Copyright (C) 2012-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 24e36c4db0c..0dbbaa7a5a1 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* configure: Regenerate.
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index 7a4d3fe6851..1bd5ef37c44 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.36:
+
 * Update elfedit and readelf with LAM_U48 and LAM_U57 support.
 
 * Nm has a new command line option: --ifunc-chars=CHARS.  This specifies a
diff --git a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
index d7325410a4e..8f91f3148cb 100644
--- a/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
+++ b/binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ How to perform a release.
      they are less busy).
 
   2. When the branch date is near:  Update the libiberty and config
-     directories and the top level configure files.
+     directories and the top level Makefile and configure files.  Also
+     consider updating the toplevel libtool files.
 
   3. When branch day arrives add markers for the upcoming release to
      the NEWS files in gas, ld, and binutils.  No need to update NEWS
diff --git a/config/ChangeLog b/config/ChangeLog
index faba901d9ec..f2be3252dd8 100644
--- a/config/ChangeLog
+++ b/config/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-01  Nicolas Boulenguez  <nicolas@debian.org>
 
 	* override.m4: Correct comment grammar.
diff --git a/cpu/ChangeLog b/cpu/ChangeLog
index fe525348ebc..638450610af 100644
--- a/cpu/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpu/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2020-10-05  Samanta Navarro  <ferivoz@riseup.net>
 
 	* m32r.cpu: Fix spelling mistakes.
diff --git a/elfcpp/ChangeLog b/elfcpp/ChangeLog
index 199f89b31b7..069b7dcbbbb 100644
--- a/elfcpp/ChangeLog
+++ b/elfcpp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	Update year range in copyright notice of all files.
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index cb38110d417..571b1411918 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-08  Peter Bergner  <bergner@linux.ibm.com>
 
 	* testsuite/gas/ppc/rop-checks.d,
diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index b78e88f9169..3bf6c91e8a3 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.36:
+
 * Add support for Intel AVX VNNI instructions.
 
 * Add support for Intel HRESET instruction.
diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 11771664395..48964d91a93 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 27140
diff --git a/gprof/ChangeLog b/gprof/ChangeLog
index 8e9cf087b07..b55f78382ad 100644
--- a/gprof/ChangeLog
+++ b/gprof/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* configure: Regenerate.
diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 6345fc51818..321f3f8d8a0 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-07  Philipp Tomsich  <prt@gnu.org>
 
 	* opcode/riscv-opc.h: Added MATCH_PAUSE, MASK_PAUSE and DECLARE_INSN
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index edbf88628dd..850944a576a 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* ld-x86-64/property-x86-lam-u48-4.d: Updated.
diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index 8450e65ed42..9948c3b31c4 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.36:
+
 * Add libdep plugin, for linking dependencies of static libraries that
   were recorded by ar in the __.LIBDEP archive member.
 
diff --git a/libctf/ChangeLog b/libctf/ChangeLog
index 12f82876074..9a3f79cf09e 100644
--- a/libctf/ChangeLog
+++ b/libctf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* configure: Regenerate.
diff --git a/opcodes/ChangeLog b/opcodes/ChangeLog
index 6b48181d887..f2311c4a20e 100644
--- a/opcodes/ChangeLog
+++ b/opcodes/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.36 release branch crated.
+
 2021-01-08  Peter Bergner  <bergner@linux.ibm.com>
 
 	* ppc-opc.c (insert_dw, (extract_dw): New functions.