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> No, the files on simtel clearly show older binutils with higher version
> numbers than the newer ones judging by the dates of the files. We went from
> a higher version number to a lower one when 2.10 was released, and it seems
> to make no sense.

We went from 2.9 to 2.10.  Clearly, 10 is a higher number than 9.

If you check the FSF's ftp site you see:

     4480163 Oct  1  1996 binutils-2.7.tar.gz
     5133892 May  1  1997 binutils-2.8.tar.gz
     5139402 May 29  1997 binutils-2.8.1.tar.gz
     5687300 Apr 11  1998 binutils-2.9.tar.gz
     5694541 May  1  1998 binutils-2.9.1.tar.gz
     7210401 Jun 19  2000 binutils-2.10.tar.gz
     7284401 Nov  7 16:01 binutils-2.10.1.tar.gz
     9871888 Apr  7 12:51 binutils-2.11.tar.gz

If you check DJGPP's ftp site you see:

bnu27b.zip   B  1,712,024 961031 GNU Binutils 2.7 for DJGPP V2
bnu27d.zip   B  1,892,577 970503 GNU binutils 2.7 docs: texi/html/dvi/ps
bnu27s.zip   B  2,961,105 961028 GNU binutils 2.7 sources
bnu2951a.zip B    393,471 000302 GNU Binutils 2.9.5.1 libraries (BFD, opcodes)
bnu2951b.zip B  2,567,839 000302 GNU Binutils 2.9.5.1 for DJGPP V2
bnu2951s.zip B  5,313,791 000304 GNU Binutils 2.9.5.1 sources
bnu2951x.zip B  3,165,061 000229 GNU Binutils 2.9.5.1 non-DJGPP sources
bnu210a.zip  B    284,305 000706 GNU Binutils 2.10 libraries (BFD, opcodes)
bnu210b.zip  B  2,797,660 000828 GNU Binutils 2.10 for DJGPP V2
bnu210d.zip  B  1,646,585 001108 GNU Binutils 2.10 docs: html/dvi/ps
bnu210s.zip  B  8,456,594 000828 GNU Binutils 2.10 sources
bnu211a.zip  B    321,931 010422 GNU Binutils 2.11 libraries (BFD, opcodes)
bnu211b.zip  B  2,688,047 010422 GNU Binutils 2.11 for DJGPP V2
bnu211s.zip  B  8,919,131 010423 GNU Binutils 2.11 sources
bnu211t.zip  B  2,360,691 010422 GNU Binutils 2.11 testsuite

FYI the 2.9.5.* series was a set of unofficial releases leading up to
the 2.10 release.