upgrade gcc on fedora core 4

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Thu, 9/9/10, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 09/09/2010 05:29 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:

> [snip]
> > IIRC, CentOS 5, the latest version, as well as
> Scientific Linux, too, is based off FC6.  That's not
> all that far removed from 4, is it?  Although, as I
> recall, FC6 worked so well, for me anyway, compared to the
> previous releases (I had been upgrading every version since
> FC3, the first "good" release IMO) that I used both the
> 32-bit and 64-bit versions on two different machines for
> almost 2 years before upgrading.
> >
> > B
>
> I worked in a place that used FC3 (Redhat 7 ??) as the
> platform for
> building their embedded products. Perhaps the reason was,
> as you state,
> "FC3, the first "good" release IMO".
> 
> Anyhow, the op that wants to upgrade the compiler is going
> to
> face a truckload of dependency problems.

I agree:  The OP may be whipping a dead horse by trying to build from current source.  It will be a nightmare, if it succeeds at all.

B