BINUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING3 COPYING.LIB
ifeq ($(BINUTILS_FROM_GIT),y)
-BINUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += host-flex host-bison
-HOST_BINUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += host-flex host-bison
+BINUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += host-flex host-bison host-texinfo
+HOST_BINUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += host-flex host-bison host-texinfo
+endif
+
+# The .info files in the >= 2.26 tarball have an incorrect timestamp,
+# so binutils tries to re-generate them. In order to avoid the
+# dependency on host-texinfo, we simply update the timestamps.
+ifeq ($(BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_26_X)$(BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_27_X),y)
+define BINUTILS_FIXUP_INFO_TIMESTAMPS
+ find $(@D) -name '*.info' -exec touch {} \;
+endef
+BINUTILS_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += BINUTILS_FIXUP_INFO_TIMESTAMPS
+HOST_BINUTILS_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += BINUTILS_FIXUP_INFO_TIMESTAMPS
endif
# When binutils sources are fetched from the binutils-gdb repository,
# Don't build documentation. It takes up extra space / build time,
# and sometimes needs specific makeinfo versions to work
-BINUTILS_CONF_ENV += MAKEINFO=true
-BINUTILS_MAKE_OPTS += MAKEINFO=true
-BINUTILS_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS += MAKEINFO=true
-HOST_BINUTILS_CONF_ENV += MAKEINFO=true
-HOST_BINUTILS_MAKE_OPTS += MAKEINFO=true
-HOST_BINUTILS_INSTALL_OPTS += MAKEINFO=true
+BINUTILS_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_prog_MAKEINFO=missing
+HOST_BINUTILS_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_prog_MAKEINFO=missing
# gcc bug with Os/O2/O3, PR77311
# error: unable to find a register to spill in class 'CCREGS'
# binutils run configure script of subdirs at make time, so ensure
# our TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS are taken into consideration for those
define BINUTILS_BUILD_CMDS
- $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) $(MAKE) $(BINUTILS_MAKE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
+ $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)
endef
# We just want libbfd, libiberty and libopcodes,