# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| binutils: binutils (GNU binary development tools) binutils: binutils: Binutils is a collection of binary utilities. It includes "as" (the binutils: portable GNU assembler), "ld" (the GNU linker), and other utilities binutils: for creating and working with binary programs. binutils: binutils: These utilities are REQUIRED to compile C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, binutils: and most other programming languages. binutils: binutils: binutils: