I looked into this, as i want to do a similar thing (although not urgently, its just been on my mind for a while).
found this post on google groups, which seems to indicate you can end up with 2.96 and 3.2 on one box (Iknow debian manages this by creating /usr/bin/gcc as a link you can either point at /usr/bin/gcc295 or /usr/bon/gcc32x as you please. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=gcc3+rpm+packages+redhat+7.3&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&selm=LX45b.17639%24dk4.576375%40typhoon.sonic.net&rnum=2 sounds like there may be some packages/info here: http://www.alcove-labs.org/en/index.php3 On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:23:52 +1200 Jaco Swart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 23 Sep 2003 at 15:03, Nick Rout wrote: > > > > sorry i cannot help you with the upgradability of rh7.3 to gcc 3.x. > > > However I do know that there can be problems trying to load modules > > > built with gcc3.x if your kernel is built with gcc 2.x > > > > > > someone worked out a recent workshop meeting how to tell what version of > > > gcc your kernel is built with, but i cannot remember how we did it. i > > > jjust tried strings /boot/bzImage |grep gcc with no luck.. bunxip2 > > > /boot/bzImage|strings gives /boot/bzImage is not a bzip2 file. > > > > > > got it. cat /proc/version > > > > on my redhat 7.2 box this gives gcc 2.96 > > And that sounds right. Expect it to be the same for RH7.3 - will check tonight. > > I'm just wondering: Might save some trouble to go back to gcc 2.96. (I went up to > 3.0.3 to get > MPlayer to work, but the latest MPlayer wreaked havoc and DVD playing is dead now. > Which > means I have no specific reason to *not* want to use gcc 2.96). > > How to get rid of gcc 3.0.3 then? I installed it from source. Will the gcc-2.96 > rpm clean it out > or must it be none manually? > > Thanks so far! > > J > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
