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+# Copyright 2021 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# Upgrade binutils to avoid binutils being pulled into
+# build graph when building target packages, https://crbug.com/1171084
+sudo emerge -ugq sys-devel/binutils