% rm -rf objdir % mkdir objdir % cd objdir % [switch to new binutils] % as --version GNU assembler 2.11.90.0.15 % ../binutils-2.11.90.0.15/configure Configuring for a alpha-unknown-linux-gnu host. [Note: this alphaev6 vs alpha dependent on binutils happens with gcc-2.95.3's and glibc-2.2.3's config.guess as well]