On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:50 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I've built an environment-modules based gcc-5.3.1 for RHEL6 that lives
> side-by-side with vendor packages - it installs to /opt/ and has a
> name{version} scheme to avoid conflicts, which I'd like to include in EPEL6.
>
> In accordance with the guidelines (
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies#Still_unsure_if_a_package_is_fine_for_EPEL.3F)
> I'm asking here if this is appropriate or, if not, how can I modify it so
> gcc-5 can make it into EPEL.
>
> I can provide a working srpm for both binutils2.26 and gcc5.3.1 (the
> binutils is required, and also builds to /opt and enabled via modules).
>

devtoolset 4 provides gcc 5.2 and is probably a more "standard" way to
accomplish what I believe you're aiming for.
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Developer_Toolset/4/html-single/4.0_Release_Notes/index.html

Plus, it's already built and available for use:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/sclo/x86_64/rh/devtoolset-4/
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