GCC install problem on RedHat 6.2 (kernel 2.2.16-3)

[root <aezekiel at unm dot edu>]

Dear colleagues,

I understand from poking around the FAQ that this is the address I
should use to ask for aid in resolving GCC installation problems.
Briefly, I have a RedHat Linux 6.2 box, with a kernel updated to
2.2.16-3 (applied as part of security patching). Now I'm having the
"domino effect." I've been running VMware, but it can't make it's
updated modules for this kernel with versions of gcc between 2..7.2.3
and 2.95.2. So, I've been trying to install 2.95.2.


First I tried to do it the easy way, by finding RPMs that would get me there. No such luck.

So I cam the the gcc.gnu.org site and downloaded the entire package. I've gotten as far as unzip, untar and configure.

Then I tried the basics, `make bootstrap'. This ran up to the following errors, which ended with an

Error 1 and then an Error 2:

/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio -nostdinc++ -D_IO_MTSAFE_IO /usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc: In method `struct streampos indirectbuf::seekoff(long long int, ios::seek_dir, int = 3)':
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:82: `struct streampos' used where a `int' was expected
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:85: `struct streampos' used where a `int' was expected
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:87: `struct streampos' used where a `int' was expected
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:89: conversion from `int' to non-scalar type `streampos' requested
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc: In method `struct streampos indirectbuf::seekpos(_G_fpos64_t, int = 3)':
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:99: `struct streampos' used where a `int' was expected
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:102: `struct streampos' used where a `int' was expected
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:104: `struct streampos' used where a `int' was expected
/usr/src/linux-2.2.16/gcc-2.95.2/libio/indstream.cc:106: conversion from `int' to non-scalar type `streampos' requested
make[2]: *** [indstream.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/gcc-object/i686-pc-linux-gnu/libio'
make[1]: *** [all-target-libio] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/gcc-object'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

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Aaron Ezekiel, Manager, Network & System Support
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