This is the mail archive of the
gcc@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
upgrading fromm old gcc (newbie Q)
- From: "tim at glastonburymusic" <tim at glastonburymusic dot org dot uk>
- To: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 23:56:56 -0000
- Subject: upgrading fromm old gcc (newbie Q)
Hi
I know this may be obvious (newbie alert!)
I want to upgrade to the latest version of gcc (3.2)
I already have .2.8.0 and pgcc.2.91.66 on my f00f bug pentium 133 (w/ 32M
RAM) & 2.0.x Linux kernel.
a) is there any reason that my hardware won't be able to handle it?
b) do I need to upgrade to say 2.95 or 3.0 as an intermediary stage?
c) do I need to learn ALL the in & outs of gcc before I try doing this?
I've been RTFM for over a month now, and I feel like my eyeballs are popping
out of their sockets not to mention overloading the brain cell (now
polyfunctional) - talk about learning curve!
I haven't tried compiling the kernel yet (for testing) I guess that's my
next most informative option.
If this isn't an obvious problem then that's all I need to know right now. I
could always install a more up to date distro - so far I'm having fun and
learning loads ;-)
Thanks for the most brilliant thing I've come across in computing since I
started seriously using them. More power to your coding elbow!
tim