Differing archives on http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/ and ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/releases/

[nick clifton]

Hi Bernhard,

> Projects like Freetz http://freetz.org/ or OpenWrt http://openwrt.org
> build customized firmware for DSL modems or router. The build systems
> require old versions of binutils suitable for old kernel or uClibc
> versions. An update is not possible due to closed source kernel modules
> and binaries, which must be copied from the original firmware.
>
> The build systems download binutils 2.18, check the MD5 hash and fail.
> This is a today's issue.

Can the build systems download from the ftp.gnu.org site instead of the 
sourceware site ?

Cheers
   Nick