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diff --git a/components/toolchain/binaries/README.textile.series b/components/toolchain/binaries/README.textile.series
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--- a/components/toolchain/binaries/README.textile.series
+++ b/components/toolchain/binaries/README.textile.series
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ FSF GDB 8.1 (gdb-8.1-branch)
{% block news %}
{% call format("news") -%}
+Runtest and gdbserver are no longer installed in the toolchain bin/ directory. Binary releases no longer include runtest at all, and gdbserver is a target tool; it is now shipped in the sysroot package under usr/bin/.
+
+Tools needed by the host are shipped in a new 'hosttools' directory, located next to 'destdir'. These packages are gmp, mpc, mpfr and dejagnu.
+{% endcall %}
+
+{% call format("news") -%}
+Gdbserver is no longer linked statically, because dlopen(3) requires runtime access to the same shared libraries as the glibc used to link it.
+{% endcall %}
+
+{% call format("news") -%}
The Linaro GCC 7.2-2017.09 snapshot added float and integer moves improvement for AArch64 targets.
{% endcall %}