Windows tools from binutils 2.18

[Markus Elfring]

> If you intend to create/modify PE binaries then you have to build a cross-binutils
> by specifying --target=whatever, there is no way around that.
> There is no point in building the PE-only tools when configured for an ELF
> target because that is nonsensical, they would not work anyway.
I thought that I can avoid a cross-build setup for the regeneration of
the utilities. I expect to choose a target if I want to build software
for the Windows operating system from my Linux environment.

Regards,
Markus