Thanks tons! I didn't think to try the -U upgrade option.
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000807 05:10]:
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> Which tarball is that? There are source tarballs and i386.bin tarballs.
I suppose gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz would be the source, wouldn't it?
The i386 binary tarball would be called gcc-2.95.2.i386.tar.gz,
wouldn't it? I forgot to look for a distinction when I was trying
to find the rpm for gcc at gnu.org -- they don't seem to have
binaries in rpm AFAIK. It's usually not too easy to find what you're
looking for at Redhat's site, and if you do, it's usually too busy.
> Compiling gcc is a fair undertaking you might not want to bother with
> yet. or do you mean an rpm (rpm's also come in source and binary
> flavors)?
>
> I would hope rpm will be clever enough to let you upgrade from
> egcs-1.1.2 to gcc-2.95.1 or 2:
>
> rpm -U --test gcc-2.95.1-3.i386.rpm
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This is what happened when I did:
# rpm -U gcc-2.95.1-3.i386.rpm
cannot remove /usr/i386-redhat-linux/lib directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/i386-redhat-linux directory not empty
I suppose that the install went smoothly; those 'error' messages
are really just little 'burps,' aren't they?
By the way, when I tell the list what dist I'm running,
is it helpful to know it's Redhat 6.0, since that's what
I initially installed? I've upgraded many packages, so
maybe it's closer to 6.1 or 6.2 at this point. For example,
I'm now running gcc-2.95.1-3, thanks to you, Lawson :-)
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