Re: [fedora-india] Upgrading gcc from source on Fedora / RHEL

2010-01-08 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Syam Krishnan sya...@gmail.com wrote: | Is it possible to upgrade gcc on an older Fedora (F6, for example) or RHEL | 5 system by compiling it from sources? \-- You can. If the dependency packages are compatible with the gcc you are upgrading you can re-use

Re: [fedora-india] Upgrading gcc from source on Fedora / RHEL

2010-01-08 Thread Syam Krishnan
On 01/09/2010 10:53 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: Hi, --- On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Syam Krishnansya...@gmail.com wrote: | Is it possible to upgrade gcc on an older Fedora (F6, for example) or RHEL | 5 system by compiling it from sources? \-- You can. If the dependency packages are

Re: [fedora-india] Upgrading gcc from source on Fedora / RHEL

2010-01-08 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Syam Krishnan sya...@gmail.com wrote: | Thanks for the info. I was trying to identify which are these dependent | packages. glibc seems to be one. binutils too is perhaps sensitive to | gcc/glibc version. \-- My points were relevant for cross-builds. But,