Does binutils really harm other ports?

[Jerry]

On Jan 9, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Jerry wrote:

> I just installed binutils and got this:
> 
> "Having binutils installed will cause some other ports to fail to build. Consider uninstalling
> binutils."
> 
> Is this for real? What problems should I expect?
> 
> Jerry

Wikipedia says binutils includes a linker which looks like it could be trouble.

All I need is addr2line. Can I get that without all the other stuff?

Jerry