Cannot bootstrap gcc compiler on main line

[Peter Schmid]

auto-host.h does indeed define HAVE_GAS_SHF_MERGE:

/* Define if your assembler supports marking sections with SHF_MERGE flag. */
#define HAVE_GAS_SHF_MERGE 1


excerpt from gcc/config.log:
configure:6812: checking what assembler to use
configure:6897: checking what nm to use
configure:6908: checking assembler alignment features
configure:6956: checking assembler subsection support
configure:6996: checking assembler weak support
configure:7019: checking assembler hidden support
configure:7043: checking assembler leb128 support
configure:7088: checking assembler eh_frame optimization
configure:6569: checking assembler section merging support
configure:7314: checking assembler instructions
configure:7343: checking assembler dwarf2 debug_line support
configure:7528: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles

Which version of binutils is needed for a working section merging support
(HAVE_GAS_SHF_MERGE)?

Hope this helps,

Peter Schmid