>> mv /usr/bin/as /usr/bin/silly-as
>> wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.17.tar.gz
>> tar xzvfp binutils-2.17.tar.gz
>> cd binutils-2.17
>> ./configure --prefix=/usr
>> make
>> make install
>>
>> ;)
>
>If only it were that simple. If you look through the configuration
>files for binutils, it clearly shows that gas, ld and a few other
>binaries are not part of the build process on darwin/osx. Those
>utilities don't know how to handle or output Apple's mach-o binary
>format. This is nontrivial to port; many have tried but none have yet
>succeeded.
Oh well, it was worth a thought. I suppose we'll have to use --disable-mmx
on OSX Intel until Apple sees fit to get with the rest of the world...
--Andrew Church
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http://achurch.org/
