I'm migrating an RH9 laptop to the 2.6 kernel and I have a question re. making binutils. I want 'make install' to overwrite the old 2.13 bits with the new 2.15 stuff, right? And to do that, I need to 'configure -- prefix=/usr', right?
...just looking for the warm fuzzies that I'm on the right track, or a dope slap otherwise.
I'd try to avoid using non-RPM-installed programs, especially under /usr, if I was you.
Try downloading the latest development binutils SRPM (http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/SRPMS/binutils-2.15.94.0.2-1.src.rpm) and building that on your system. If it works, you'll get a binary RPM that you can install (and uninstall, if necessary).
# rpmbuild --rebuild binutils-2.15.94.0.2-1.src.rpm
Paul.
