On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 11:36:50 -0500, David Gerard Matthews wrote: > I've been using gcc-3.2 on RH 8 and it seems to do a good job. However, > I would not > recommend upgrading just the compiler, especially if you're running RH > 7.3. The reason > is that you won't be able to link against any C++ libraries compiled > with the old compiler. > (Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this.) So basically > you're looking at
The gcc3 that RedHat provide for the 7 series, will live alongside the old gcc2 libraries and headers, you have to tell the shell/makefile that you want to use gcc3 to compile with it. YMMV, but it should be OK. - Steve
