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 them, or you will need to re-compile the dependency packages themselves. --- | My doubt is whether it will | automatically replace with "glibc" \-- Replace? Whatever is installed on your system doesn't change unless you uninstall the packages. You can have multiple versions of a package installed in /usr/local, for example. --- | Or don't I need to bother about glibc at all? | Somebody hinted that "binutils" will also need to be rebuilt with the new | gcc. Is that true? \-- When building a gcc compiler, there are dependency packages. The development/release cycle of these dependent packages is independent of each other. So, not all releases will be able to produce a compiler for you. See Dan Kegel's matrix (for building cross-compilers), for example: http://kegel.com/crosstool/crosstool-0.43/buildlogs/ SK -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com _______________________________________________ Fedora-india mailing list Fedora-india@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india
