What changed, and why it matters
This commit updates a single helper script used during Bitcoin Core's build process to the latest upstream version from the GNU project. The changes are routine maintenance: a copyright year bump, a timestamp update, and minor adjustments to how the script identifies one obscure operating system (Ironclad). There is no indication of a security fix, vulnerability, or malicious change.
No security action required. Treat as normal dependency/maintenance update.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The patch updates depends/config.guess, an autotools helper script from GNU config.guess. Changes are limited to: (1) copyright year 2024→2025, (2) timestamp 2024-07-27→2025-07-10, (3) more specific host-triplet handling for Ironclad OS (x86_64/i?86 → pc-ironclad-mlibc, fallback → unknown-ironclad-mlibc), and (4) local Emacs time-stamp template directives. No code paths reachable by the Bitcoin Core runtime are modified, and no security-relevant logic is introduced.
Changed components
depends/config.guessInspect captured patch +10 / −7
diff --git a/depends/config.guess b/depends/config.guess
index 48a68460..a9d01fde 100755
--- a/depends/config.guess
+++ b/depends/config.guess
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
#! /bin/sh
# Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
-# Copyright 1992-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright 1992-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# shellcheck disable=SC2006,SC2268 # see below for rationale
-timestamp='2024-07-27'
+timestamp='2025-07-10'
# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ version="\
GNU config.guess ($timestamp)
Originally written by Per Bothner.
-Copyright 1992-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1992-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
@@ -1597,8 +1597,11 @@ EOF
*:Unleashed:*:*)
GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-unleashed$UNAME_RELEASE
;;
- *:Ironclad:*:*)
- GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-ironclad
+ x86_64:[Ii]ronclad:*:*|i?86:[Ii]ronclad:*:*)
+ GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-ironclad-mlibc
+ ;;
+ *:[Ii]ronclad:*:*)
+ GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-ironclad-mlibc
;;
esac
@@ -1808,8 +1811,8 @@ fi
exit 1
# Local variables:
-# eval: (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'time-stamp)
+# eval: (add-hook 'before-save-hook 'time-stamp nil t)
# time-stamp-start: "timestamp='"
-# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d"
+# time-stamp-format: "%Y-%02m-%02d"
# time-stamp-end: "'"
# End:
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