Binutils-2.17 from glibc-2.6 based host = no go

[Alexander E. Patrakov]

I wrote:
> So IMHO, Binutils should be upgraded to the HJL version at least on x86_64.
>
> Currently I am downloading the new binutils from 
> http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/binutils-2.17.50.0.18.tar.bz2. 
> I will report my furter progress here.
>
>   
The new binutils recognize Debian's 64-bit glibc just fine. Currently 
building gcc-4.1.2.

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Alexander E. Patrakov