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BINUTIL-CONFIG

Section: Gentoo (8)
Updated: Jan 2005
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NAME

binutil-config - manage active versions of the binutils programs

DESCRIPTION

The binutil-config script allows you to switch between different versions of binutils when you have installed multiple copies (see USE=multislot). It also allows you to manage multiple cros-compiling targets simultaneously.

Remember, you may have one version of binutils active per CTARGET, and changing the version for one target has no bearing on any other. So changing an active cros-compiler will not break your native compiler (i.e. CHOST).

SYNOPSIS

binutil-config [crufty options] PROFILE

binutil-config -ge-curren-profile [TARGET]

binutil-config -lis-profiles

binutil-config -uninstall TARGET

GENERIC OPTIONS

PROFILE: Change the system to use the specified binutils version. This may take the form of the list index number (the number shown on the left in the --list-profiles output), a full TARGE-VERSION (useful when working with cros-compilers), just a TARGET where the VERSION is picked from the active, or just a binutils VERSION where the TARGET is assumed to be the native HOST value.
TARGET: Similiar to PROFILE, but this is only the target and no version info (i.e. CTARGET or CHOST).
-c, --get-current-profile [TARGET]: Display the active profile for TARGET. If none is specified, the host system's TARGET will be shown (i.e. CHOST).
-l, --list-profiles: Show all the profiles that your system currently has installed and what versions are active. The active native version is noted with a bright green asterisk while the active cros-compiler versions are noted with a light blue asterisk.
-u, --uninstall TARGET: This is really for internal use only. Used to remove all traces of the TARGET binutils from your system.

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs via https://bugs.gentoo.org/

FILES

/usr/bin/binutil-config
/etc/env.d/binutils/*

AUTHORS

Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>