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Re: Need Of binUtils ?
On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 16:30 +0530, John Smith wrote:
> Does that mean, if i have installed Linux on my system with C development set,
> binutils comes along with it.
Yes.
> As a stupid user, i dont know from which project linker has come and
> gcc has come. What i meant was if i installed C Language (C
> Development set) during Linux Installation i dont need to install
> binutils seperately.
That's true, as long as you are building programs to run on that same
system. However, your earlier mail mentioned cross-development tools.
If you're doing cross development, then you will almost certainly need a
separate binutils installation configured and built for your target.
AG