On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 at 14:32, German Salazar wrote: > > Over time and because of different user requirements, I have ended up with > 3 versions of gcc installed and, apparently, I use each with a specific > version of binutils. > > Memories are vague, I either found a table indicating which version > of binutils is needed by a given version of gcc or I found out the hard way > while attempting to use gcc. > > Presently, I use > binutils 2.24 with gcc 4.9.2 > binutils 2.25 with gcc 5.3.0 > binutils 2.26 with gcc 6.3.0 > > I am about to install gcc 10.3.0 > *Question: which version of binutils should I use?* > I can't seem to find a hint about that, anywhere. It doesn't matter, anything made in the last ten years will work fine. Generally, the newer the better, because GCC can take advantage of the newer features. But it will still work without them.
