Linux RedHat 7.0 Gcc

[Howard Gilbert]

Hi,

I recently installed RH7.0 and have had little subsequent success with
compiling downloaded software. 

Most recently I tied to reconfigure and compile the kernel and got
hundreds of parse error messages (these errors were occuring in the .h
files but they all seemed perfectly OK to me).

On mentioning this to other Linux users I've been told by one that Red Hat
used a non-stable version of gcc in v7.0 and by another that Red Hat used
a different non-stable compiler for the kernel.

Does anyone know if these things are true and, if so, what is the best way
round it and, if not, what is the likely cause of the many parse errors. 


My system gives:-

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
$ gcc -v 
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.0)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  

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Thanks and
Best wishes,
Howard.
(Dr A.H.Gilbert, Thornaby-on-Tees, Nth Yorkshire.)