Re: Upgrading RedHat GCC 2.96

["Dr Richard Charlewood" <rcharl at cormack dot uct dot ac dot za>]

Hi Paolo

Thanks for the speedy reply!  I liked your suggstion of using 
RH7.2's gcc - I'm currently running RH7.0.  But while I was looking 
for the more recent RH2.96, I noticed that RedHat have got an rpm 
for gcc3.01 - is there any reason you can think of that it would not 
work on an updated RH7.0 sysytem?  I confess the installation 
instructions looked rather daunting to a newbie like me!

Regards,
Richard

On 26 Mar 2002, at 11:00, Paolo Carlini wrote:

> Richard Charlewood wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have RedHat GCC 2.96 installed. I understand this was never an
> >official release and causes some problems with programs that it
> >compiles eg Sane. As Sane is not working (and I'm hoping this is the
> >reason) I want to upgrade 2.96 to an official version. 
> >
> >Would the GCC 2.96 compile 3.04's source correctly? 
> >
> Hi,
> 
> I don't know which is the official word on this, but many people have
> tried and, consistently, it works. Of course, it is much better if you
> start from a recent version of 2.96-RH (2.96-98, the version
> distributed with RedHat 7.2, should be safe, for instance). Also, of
> course, please follow in detail the installation instructions
> (http://gcc.gnu.org/install/), doing a full make bootstrap and, then,
> make check before installing.
> 
> Ciao, Paolo.