Import fix for PR 21884 which stops a seg-fault in the linker when changing output format to binary during a final link.
    Relates: #1491023
    
    - Annotate patches with reason and lifetime expectances.
    - Retire: binutils-2.24-ldforcele.patch
    - Retire: binutils-2.25-set-long-long.patch
    - Retire: binutils-2.25.1-cleansweep.patch
    - Retire: binutils-2.26-fix-compile-warnings.patch
    - Retire: binutils-2.28-ignore-gold-duplicates.patch