diff --git a/binutils.changes b/binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/binutils.changes
+++ b/binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 7490cf0..c2538f6 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -121,7 +123,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -312,10 +313,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -368,23 +373,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -395,6 +414,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-aarch64-binutils.changes b/cross-aarch64-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-aarch64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-aarch64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-aarch64-binutils.spec b/cross-aarch64-binutils.spec
index c5e1bfe..e472553 100644
--- a/cross-aarch64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-aarch64-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-alpha-binutils.changes b/cross-alpha-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-alpha-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-alpha-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-alpha-binutils.spec b/cross-alpha-binutils.spec
index ece222f..5b866f4 100644
--- a/cross-alpha-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-alpha-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-arm-binutils.changes b/cross-arm-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-arm-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-arm-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-arm-binutils.spec b/cross-arm-binutils.spec
index 893f245..8d2786d 100644
--- a/cross-arm-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-arm-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-avr-binutils.changes b/cross-avr-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-avr-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-avr-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-avr-binutils.spec b/cross-avr-binutils.spec
index 9233f10..b237e08 100644
--- a/cross-avr-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-avr-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-hppa-binutils.changes b/cross-hppa-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-hppa-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-hppa-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-hppa-binutils.spec b/cross-hppa-binutils.spec
index 9d32893..7cbdc49 100644
--- a/cross-hppa-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-hppa-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes b/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-hppa64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec b/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec
index 0404762..10d7488 100644
--- a/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-hppa64-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-i386-binutils.changes b/cross-i386-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-i386-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-i386-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-i386-binutils.spec b/cross-i386-binutils.spec
index 2500dc6..5580bae 100644
--- a/cross-i386-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-i386-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-ia64-binutils.changes b/cross-ia64-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-ia64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-ia64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-ia64-binutils.spec b/cross-ia64-binutils.spec
index de31c98..397936a 100644
--- a/cross-ia64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-ia64-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-mips-binutils.changes b/cross-mips-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-mips-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-mips-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-mips-binutils.spec b/cross-mips-binutils.spec
index 1709633..cba6dc4 100644
--- a/cross-mips-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-mips-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-ppc-binutils.changes b/cross-ppc-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-ppc-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-ppc-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-ppc-binutils.spec b/cross-ppc-binutils.spec
index 23a86d9..63914f4 100644
--- a/cross-ppc-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-ppc-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes b/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-ppc64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec b/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec
index 51470bd..f64e1e3 100644
--- a/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-ppc64-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-s390-binutils.changes b/cross-s390-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-s390-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-s390-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-s390-binutils.spec b/cross-s390-binutils.spec
index 5b54eaa..6d532b9 100644
--- a/cross-s390-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-s390-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-s390x-binutils.changes b/cross-s390x-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-s390x-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-s390x-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-s390x-binutils.spec b/cross-s390x-binutils.spec
index adeea98..7bf37c1 100644
--- a/cross-s390x-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-s390x-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-sparc-binutils.changes b/cross-sparc-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-sparc-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-sparc-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-sparc-binutils.spec b/cross-sparc-binutils.spec
index 4b07f37..e526b73 100644
--- a/cross-sparc-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-sparc-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-sparc64-binutils.changes b/cross-sparc64-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-sparc64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-sparc64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-sparc64-binutils.spec b/cross-sparc64-binutils.spec
index b1ad074..32995cc 100644
--- a/cross-sparc64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-sparc64-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-spu-binutils.changes b/cross-spu-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-spu-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-spu-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-spu-binutils.spec b/cross-spu-binutils.spec
index 1ea359c..7be1739 100644
--- a/cross-spu-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-spu-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold
diff --git a/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes b/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes
index 3c76568..57e63b6 100644
--- a/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes
+++ b/cross-x86_64-binutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 27 15:30:41 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Implement update-alternatives service for gold
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 27 12:44:19 UTC 2012 - adrian@suse.de
 
diff --git a/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec b/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec
index 83cc319..a2bea6a 100644
--- a/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec
+++ b/cross-x86_64-binutils.spec
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch101:       aarch64-biarch.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 
 %description
 C compiler utilities: ar, as, gprof, ld, nm, objcopy, objdump, ranlib,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+PreReq:         update-alternatives
 %if 0%{suse_version} > 1100
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %define gold_archs %ix86 %arm x86_64 ppc ppc64 %sparc
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ gold is an ELF linker.	It is intended to have complete support for ELF
 and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use it is
 a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.
 
-
 %package devel
 Summary:        GNU binutils (BFD development files)
 License:        GPL-3.0+
@@ -315,10 +316,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info install
 make -C gas/doc DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-info-am install-am
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install-bfd install-opcodes
 # we could eventually use alternatives for /usr/bin/ld
-if test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld.bfd; then
-  rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld
-  ln -sf ld.bfd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/ld;
+if [ ! -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld.bfd" ]; then
+  mv "%buildroot/%_bindir"/{ld,ld.bfd};
+else
+  rm -f "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 fi
+mkdir -p "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives";
+ln -s "%_bindir/ld" "%buildroot/%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld";
+ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%buildroot/%_bindir/ld";
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
 ln -sf ../../bin/{ar,as,ld,nm,ranlib,strip} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin
@@ -371,23 +376,37 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 > ../binutils.lang
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{!?cross:1}
 %post
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd" 1
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
 
+%post gold
+"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --install \
+	"%_bindir/ld" ld "%_bindir/ld.gold" 2
+
 %postun
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/as.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/bfd.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/binutils.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/gprof.info.gz
 %install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/ld.info.gz
+
+%preun
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.bfd";
+fi;
+
+%preun gold
+if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
+	"%_sbindir/update-alternatives" --remove ld "%_bindir/ld.gold";
+fi;
+
 %endif
 
 %files -f binutils.lang
@@ -398,6 +417,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
 %{_bindir}/*
+%ghost %_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld
 %ifarch %gold_archs
 %exclude %{_bindir}/gold
 %exclude %{_bindir}/ld.gold