From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26808 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2002 07:32:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 26797 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2002 07:32:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cts04.webone.com.au) (210.9.240.37) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 6 Dec 2002 07:32:21 -0000 Received: from kennel (dial-ctb0432.webone.com.au [210.9.244.32]) by cts04.webone.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gB67WId09629; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:32:18 +1100 Received: by kennel (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 164C8E043; Fri, 6 Dec 2002 18:45:28 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:32:00 -0000 From: Andreas Bauer To: Vinay Kumar Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Installing 2.95.4 over 3.2 Message-ID: <20021206074528.GA3916@kennel> References: <20021206032825.26175.qmail@web40809.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021206032825.26175.qmail@web40809.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-SW-Source: 2002-12/txt/msg00056.txt.bz2 > I am running gcc version 3.2 over redhat linux 8.0. > I want the support of gcc ver 2.95.4. Can I install > two gccs in parallel without affecting one another. > Some of the programs need gcc 3.2 and very few of them > need 2.95.4. Can I do this without any malfunctioning > of all the programs. Yes, but you do not install 'over' something, rather than having two different compilers sitting quietly 'next to each other'. However, in case of C++ programs, the binaries produced by one of the compilers will not like those produced by the other. If you keep this in mind, you should not run into any obstacles... HTH, Andi.