initial import from Debian

version: 2.45-4 (UNRELEASED)
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+This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepackaged version of the GNU assembler,
+linker, and binary utilities.
+
+This package was put together by me, James Troup <james@nocrew.org>,
+from sources, which I obtained from:
+
+  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/binutils/
+
+and:
+
+  cvs://:pserver:anoncvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/src
+
+It was previously maintained by Christopher C. Chimelis <chris@debian.org>
+
+GNU Binutils is Copyright (C) 1990-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
+   MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+
+On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
+Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'
+and `/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL'.
+
+The binutils manuals and associated documentation are also Copyright
+(C) Free Software Foundation, Inc.  They are distributed under the GNU
+Free Documentation License Version 1.3 or any later version published
+by the Free Software Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, with no
+with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
+On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GFDL can be found
+in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GFDL'.