Re: Trying to install binutils-gdb

[Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>]

Hi Jacob,

> I downloaded the new version of binutils.
> To my surprise, it doesn’t work any more, failing with a message that I should get the GMP package.

This is really a documentation issue.  I assume that you
were following the instructions in the binutils/README file
on how to unpack and install the binutils ?  I am thinking
of changing that section of the file to read like this:

-------------------------------------------------------------
[...]
   To build binutils you will need a C99 compliant compiler and library.
   You can just do:

	cd binutils-XXX
	./configure [various options, see below]
	make
	make install # copies the programs files into /usr/local/bin
		     # by default.

   This will configure and build all the libraries as well as the
   assembler, the binutils, and the linker.

   If you only want to build the binutils and not GDB as well then
   you can add a configure option to disable GDB.  This may help
   reduce the need for extra libraries to be installed.  ie:

	./configure --disable-gdb

   Since the configure script can be quite verbose, you may also
   like to add the --quiet option to reduce the amount of output. ie:

	./configure --quiet

   If you have GNU make, we recommend building in a different directory:
[...]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Would this help ?

Cheers
   Nick