Installing binutils.

[Andrew Haley]

Amir Hardon writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > > 
 > > Amir Hardon writes:
 > > > but my problem is that everything I use,
 > >  > uses the old binutils(Because /usr/bin is in the $PATH before
 > >  > /usr/local/bin).
 > >  > What should I do?
 > > 
 > > Err, fix your path:
 > > 
 > > if you use sh: export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
 > > 
 > > if you use csh: set path = ( /usr/local/bin $path )
 > > 
 > > Andrew.
 > 
 > I know I can do it, but this will be a lame solution, because the old
 > binutils will still be there.
 > Won't it be better to delete the old one?

I wouldn't recommend it, no.  You really can't know how many packages
might depend on old versions, and the new versions you built might
have new bugs.  The recommendation is always to leave the OS versions
of the utils alone.

 > But my problem is knowing exactly which files to delete...
 > Usually for things comes with installation, there is a log at
 > /var/log/packages, but I don't have one for binutils...
 > 
 > Do you have any Idea?

Yes.  Don't do this.

Andrew.