Im sure many of you share my hatred for this version of gcc. I always found 
it bizare that mandrake went down this road. At least in 8.1b they have both 
gcc 3 and 2.96. However, 3 has some issues that make it suitable to keep a 
2.9 version of gcc about, i just wondered if it is possible to replace gcc 
2.96 with gcc 2.95 in this version of mandrake, preferably without affecting 
version 3 at all. Ideally i would do this from the binary or source rpms from 
an older version of mandrake (i believe 7.2 was the last version to ship with 
gcc 2.95). Im sure there will be dependency errors, especially with the 
horrendous incorrect dependcy issues with mandrakes rpms, however, if i 
nodeped the install, would it not work, or does gcc need no other libraries 
to run? Also, as im downgrading, would i need to recompile glibc and other 
libraries  if i wanted to compile programs that use them, or is the linking 
information compatible.

Im sure some of these questions may sound stupid, but i really dont want to 
bugger about with installing a new mandrake version on both my pcs.

Thanks

Tom 

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