GCC 2.7.2.3 is gone ?

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 36210673.FE674C4B@intergate.bc.ca >you write:
  > Hi all.
  > 
  > I just installed EGCS 1.1b two days ago. I remember that prior to this,
  > if I typed egcs I got egcs 1.0.2, and if I typed gcc I got gcc 2.7.2.3.
  > I remember reading that RedHat keeps gcc 2.7.2.3 around because egcs
  > 1.0.2 didn't compile the kernel properly.
  > 
  > Typing gcc now gets me egcs 1.1 and typing egcs gets me egcs 1.1. In
  > fact, /usr/bin/gcc and /usr/bin/egcs are identical. So are /usr/bin/g++
  > and /usr/bin/c++.
  > 
  > Is this supposed to happen after installing egcs1.1 ? Is this going to
  > be a problem for me if I decide to recompile the kernel ?
Yes, this is supposed to happen in a standard distribution.

Red Hat hacks up the install process from the standard one so that they can
keep both egcs and gcc-2.7.2 live on the system together.

jeff