Steven Pasternak wrote: > Is it possible to install an old gcc and use it like the package 'compat-gcc' > does? For example, I want gcc 3.4 for the things I compile for me, but RPMs I > build for ancient systems I want to be built with gcc 2.7.x. Is it possible > to like install 3.4 in /usr and 2.7 in /usr/gcc or something like that? If > so, how exactly? Thanks! Erm ... "ancient" is right. We're talking RHL 5.x and similar here? Thing is, compatibility is not simply a matter of which compiler you use. To begin with, I don't think Fedora rpm will build a package that the rpm on those systems will recognise. I suspect you're going to be updating a *lot* of basic files to get this to work. Wouldn't it be easier to install a suitably old version of Red Hat Linux, and produce the RPMs there? James. -- James Wilkinson | ... in our completely unscientific usability study, Exeter Devon UK | it took our subjects less than 10 seconds to locate E-mail address: james | the Solitaire game. We're not sure what else the @westexe.demon.co.uk | corporate desktop needs. -- Michael Hall, Serverwatch
