From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9585 invoked by alias); 7 Apr 2005 09:14:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 9176 invoked from network); 7 Apr 2005 09:14:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 7 Apr 2005 09:14:27 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j379EQKn017207 for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 05:14:26 -0400 Received: from pobox.surrey.redhat.com (pobox.surrey.redhat.com [172.16.10.17]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j379EPO21081; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 05:14:25 -0400 Received: from [172.31.0.98] (vpnuser4.surrey.redhat.com [172.16.9.4]) by pobox.surrey.redhat.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j379EJU8011381; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 10:14:21 +0100 Message-ID: <4254F95F.6060001@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:14:00 -0000 From: Nick Clifton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Demo Account CC: binutils@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: How to change ld, as version manually? (and more) References: <1112705817.42528b19dbbae@secure.swissmail.org> In-Reply-To: <1112705817.42528b19dbbae@secure.swissmail.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2005-04/txt/msg00182.txt.bz2 Hi, Changing the version numbers is a really bad idea. I would definitely advise against it. > I can fake the configure script manually, but i feel that it isn't right. > i want to set it's version as 2.15.96. The version number is controlled by the configure.in script in the bfd/ directory. Look for the definition of AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE. You will need to regenerate the bfd/configure file afterwards, or else edit it by hand. > configure: error: > *** These critical programs are missing or too old: as ld > *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions. There are good reasons why the configure script it checking for a minimum version of the assembler and linker. Just faking the version number is not going to fix the bugs or add the features that glibc is depending upon. Cheers Nick