https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101843
--- Comment #5 from john henning <mailboxnotfound at yahoo dot com> --- Andrew suggests: Combined source builds are not for released sources Respectfully, I suggest that the documentation disagrees. Please see the binutils paragraph of the documentation of the released version at https://gcc.gnu.org/install/download.html Plus there are google tracks and user habits doing so. It would be useful if the gcc-n.n.n documentation specifically suggested which binutils-n.nn is likely to be useful. Or, it would be useful if there were a switch something like: download_prerequisites --with-binutils