GCC 2.95.3 on Red Hat Entreprise Linux ES 3.0

[Mike Stump]

On Friday, May 13, 2005, at 11:28  PM, maha lakshmi wrote:
> I would like know if GCC compiler 2.95.3 could be
> installed on Red Hat Entreprise Linux ES 3.0 and
> recompile C/C++ programs that were written/compiled earlier
> using 2.95.3 GCC compiler on Sun Solaris V 2.6
> machine.
>
> Also would like to know the pros and cons in using GCC
> 2.95.3 in preference to the compiler version that is
> shipped with Red Hat Entreprise Linux ES 3.0.

I'd recommend that you not even try, and that instead, you undertake 
maintenance of the code.

Failing that, yes, I suspect you could just use gcc 2.95.3 to compile 
it.

[ gcc-help is the more appropriate forum for this type of question ]