Hi,

this might be the noobiest of all questions, but still I really need help

I need a certain version of gcc : gcc 3.2.2

i looked at the install instructions

first it said to do

mkdir dstdir
cd dstdir
srcdir/configure [options] [target]

my dstdir is /home/gccinst
my srcdir is /home/gcc-3.2.2

should it be like this?

mkdir /home/gccinst
cd /home/gccinst
/home/gcc-3.2.2/configure

what do i write in the options and target??

I have a regular pentium 4 on suse10

please help me, give give details on how to do the make bootstrap after and continue installation

thank you very much in advance

Guy

hi first gcc 3.2.3 was a bug fixed version of 3.2.2 with no new features of its own so you should at least use that.

i personally would go with 3.3.6 (it will do what you want only better)
it is the most fixed version from that series before 3.4 when compatability was broken. 3.2.X are very early in the series and not used alot now.
3.2.3 had some mmap problems and unfortunately i can't find the patches anywhere on the net (once the newer compiler superseeds the older one no one seems to keep the patches around)
i would use these instructions
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs...eral/gcc3.html
these instructions hold good for earlier versions of gcc3 as well
patches for earlier versions are here
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/downloads/gcc/
don't use the specs patches they are LFS specific for a certain stage in the LFS build and not for general use.

all the commands assume you untar and cd into the top level of the package directory to start and leave the patches outside the top level directory.

so all i need to do is download 3.3.6 and copy paste what is written in the website?


thanks again

Hi again,

I did everything that it said on the links and it went almost smoothly

however, my old gcc (2.95) still exists
I see so when I do gcc -v to see the version

is there a way to uninstall it and then I will reinstall the new gcc so the new gcc will be active?


thanks again