From d8bea2498d022adb183e57a035c91ed60b483b1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tuomas Tynkkynen <tuomas.tynkkynen@iki.fi>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 01:09:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] binutils: Add upgrade notes

---
 pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index d83a4a625a9..390acab15b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 }:
 
 let
+  # Note to whoever is upgrading this: 2.29 is broken.
+  # ('nix-build pkgs/stdenv/linux/make-bootstrap-tools.nix -A test' segfaults on aarch64)
+  # Also glibc might need patching, see commit 733e20fee4a6700510f71fbe1a58ac23ea202f6a.
   version = "2.28.1";
   basename = "binutils-${version}";
   inherit (stdenv.lib) optional optionals optionalString;