title: Macports installing binutils
body: <p>I'm trying to install gnu ld, via macports, on Lion.
  I have already installed gcc 4.6 from macports. However I need to create elf binary form a binary file,
  which I posted as seperate question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8923097/compile-a-binary-file-for-linking-osx">here</a></p>
  
  <p>I installed binutils from macports, it seems as though everything went fine, however I did get the following message at the end:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Warning: binutils installs files outside the common directory structure.
  ---&gt;  Installing binutils @2.21_0
  ---&gt;  Activating binutils @2.21_0
  
  Having binutils installed will cause some other ports to fail to build. Consider uninstalling binutils.
  
  ---&gt;  Cleaning binutils
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Looking at the list of tools that should in the binutils packages from <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>
  I'm struggling to find any of them in the normal macports install location of /opt/local/bin</p>
  
  <p>Anyone have an idea as to what I'm doing wrong?</p>