gcc 2.7.x under RH6

[David Wragg]

bernd@lipid.fki.dtu.dk (Bernd Dammann) writes:
> What's the best way to install an old version of gcc under RH6?  We
> have some users that need gcc 2.7.x, since their 50k lines C++ code
> won't compile with newer versions of the gcc compiler.  Fixing the
> code would probably be the better solution, but ....
> 
> [snip]
> Or is it possible to
> build and install gcc 2.7.x from the sources, thus using libc6 only?

RedHat 5.2 had a gcc-2.7... package. Try installing
that. Alternatively, get the corresponding source RPM and rebuild it
on a RH6 machine.


David Wragg