Douglas Frank wrote:
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?
Paul Howarth wrote:
I'd try to avoid using non-RPM-installed programs, especially under /usr, if I was you.
Good advice.
Try downloading the latest development binutils SRPM
Why development? Clearly the FC2 and the FC3 binutils are Good Enough to run 2.6, and I seem to remember that FC1 came with everything needed to run 2.6, too.
Released packages are supposed to work (and you're supposed to be very surprised when they don't work). Development ones are supposed to trash installs (and you're supposed to be pleasantly surprised when they don't!)
You're quite right of course. It's my habit to download the development SRPM and compile it if I need something newer than what I'm currently using, but since I usually keep up to date with Fedora releases, there aren't any "released" updates that are newer than what I already have, so "development" is usually the only option.
Paul.
