Re: Certain files getting overwritten between GNU binutils and GDB

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Kaushal,

> I already have GDB 8.0.1 installed using that flow. But when I try to install 
> GNU binutils using the same flow, it fails because these files are the exact 
> same between the two installations:

If the files are exactly the same, then it should not matter which version you 
install.

> So, which versions should I keep.. the ones installed by GDB or the ones by 
> binutils?

This is a tricky one since the binutils and gdb share some files, as you have 
seen, but
they have different release cadences, so the files in one package may not match 
those
in the other package.

My suggestion for resolving this problem is as follows:

  * If the two versions of the file are the same, use the first version.
  * For files in the include/ directory, use the most recent version.
  * For files in the lib/ and share/ directories, use the versions from the 
binutils package.

Cheers
  Nick