Can anyone tell me some general guidelines for building and installing a new GNU C Library, plus GCC (C, C++ and Java)? The last time I tried I couldn't quite understand the READMEs and documentation.
 
I am using RedHat 7.1, and I want to uninstall GCC 2.96 and get 2.95 in, along with a version of the GNU C Library that will work with it.
 
Which should I build and install first? Would it break my system to install the latest glibc, do you think? Do I need a separate library for pthreads, or does the glibc have a configure switch for compiling in a pthreads implementation?
 
What I am trying to do is install a decent version of GCC (2.95.3 or later, but not 2.96), the latest glibc, the latest standard C++ from GNU, and java compiler + class libs, latest binutils, latest make/automake/autoconf, etc, and build a development environment with the new emacs 21.1, diffutils, patch, and so on.
 
So what should I install first and are there any special steps I need to take to get it all done?
 
Thanks heaps.
James
 

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