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+* This version of binutils fixes a problem with PowerPC VLE 16A and 16D
+  relocations which were functionally swapped, for example,
+  R_PPC_VLE_HA16A performed like R_PPC_VLE_HA16D while R_PPC_VLE_HA16D
+  performed like R_PPC_VLE_HA16A.  This could have been fixed by
+  renumbering relocations, which would keep object files created by an
+  older version of gas compatible with a newer ld.  However, that would
+  require an ABI update, affecting other assemblers and linkers that
+  create and process the relocations correctly.  It is recommended that
+  all VLE object files be recompiled, but ld can modify the relocations
+  if --vle-reloc-fixup is passed to ld.  If the new ld command line
+  option is not used, ld will ld warn on finding relocations inconsistent
+  with the instructions being relocated.
+
+* The nm program has a new command line option (--with-version-strings)
+  which will display a symbol's version information, if any, after the
+  symbol's name.
+
+* The ARC port of objdump now accepts a -M option to specify the extra
+  instruction class(es) that should be disassembled.
+
+* The --remove-section option for objcopy and strip now accepts section
+  patterns starting with an exclamation point to indicate a non-matching
+  section.  A non-matching section is removed from the set of sections
+  matched by an earlier --remove-section pattern.
+
+* The --only-section option for objcopy now accepts section patterns
+  starting with an exclamation point to indicate a non-matching section.
+  A non-matching section is removed from the set of sections matched by
+  an earlier --only-section pattern.
+
+* New --remove-relocations=SECTIONPATTERN option for objcopy and strip.
+  This option can be used to remove sections containing relocations.
+  The SECTIONPATTERN is the section to which the relocations apply, not
+  the relocation section itself.
+
+Changes in 2.27:
+
+* Add a configure option, --enable-64-bit-archive, to force use of a
+  64-bit format when creating an archive symbol index.
+
 * Add --elf-stt-common= option to objcopy for ELF targets to control
   whether to convert common symbols to the STT_COMMON type.