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From: Mortimer Hemmit <mortimer.hemmit@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:07:25 -0400
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Subject: Re: Difference Between Binutils Packages
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Thank you very much!

On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 2:27 AM Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Am 17.03.2020 um 04:04 schrieb Mortimer Hemmit via Cygwin:
> > Hello Cygwin Mailing List,
>
> Hi Mortimer
>
> >
> > I am trying to obtain the ld tool for Cygwin. I found out that it is
> > included in the Binutils package. However, when I look for that
> > package in the list during setup, I see 4 versions:
> >
>
> this package is what you are looking for.
> It is for compiling on cygwin for cygwin enviroment
>
> > binutils
>
> these are all cross-compiler tools
>
> > cygwin32-binutils
> > djgpp-binutils
> > mingw64-i686-binutils
> > mingw64-x86_64-binutils
> >
> > What is the difference between these versions, and which one should I
> > choose? I am using a Windows 10 64-bit computer. If you have any
> > questions, please let me know.
> >
> > Thank you very much for your time and help,
> > Mortimer
> > --
>
> Regards
> Marco
>