seems that they have 2-3 files having the same names. should I always use the one from gcc? that is, install binutils first, then rpm -i gcc --replacefiles. Or could I avoid that by bulding binutils a different way? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^