Add markers for 2.42 branch

binutils/BRANCHES

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ binutils-2_38-branch
 binutils-2_39-branch
 binutils-2_40-branch
 binutils-2_41-branch
+binutils-2_42-branch
 
 Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 

binutils/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2024-01-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* 2.42 branch point.
+
 2023-12-04  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	* dwarf.c (display_debug_names): Handle empty .debug_names hash

binutils/NEWS

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in 2.42:
+
 * The objdump program has a new command line option -Z/--decompress which
   changes the behaviour of the -s/--full-contents option, forcing it to
   decompress the contents of any compressed section before they are displayed.

binutils/README-how-to-make-a-release

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ How to perform a release.
 How to create the release branch.
 -------------------------------------------------
 
-Approx time to complete from here: 2 hours ....
+Approx time to complete from here: 2 hours ...
 
   2.5 If you have not built from the sources recently then now is the
       time to check that they still work...
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Approx time to complete from here: 2 hours ....
      the NEWS files in gas, ld, and binutils.  No need to update NEWS
      in the gold directory - it has its own release numbering.
 
-     Likewise for the ChangeLog files in: bfd, binutils, config, cpu,
+     Likewise for the ChangeLog files in: bfd, binutils, cpu,
      elfcpp, gas, gold, gprof, include, ld, libctf, opcodes and toplevel.
 
      Add a note of the name of the new branch to binutils/BRANCHES.