should i get gcc 3.3
or should i get the version it says to get wich is
2.95.3


well
i am going to download both

but which one should i install
the new version? or the older

and what problem/differences am i going to see by installing the newer one instead of the one the recomend

You must have an older book. The latest book has GCC-3.3.1

http://lfs.130th.net/lfs/view/stable/

It's usually best to stick with what the book says to use. Although it is not absolutely required.

no i got 5.0 book
the book says

GCC (2.95.3) - 9,618 KB:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/

GCC-core (3.3.1) - 10,969 KB:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/

GCC-g++ (3.3.1) - 2,017 KB:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/

GCC-testsuite (3.3.1) - 1,033 KB:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gcc/

this is why i am confused
all the other gcc programs it wants me to get are 3.3
yes the gcc it self says to get 2.95

Ok, this is from the 5.0 book, chapter 6, Installing GCC-2.95.3:

This is an older release of GCC which we are going to install for the purpose of compiling the Linux kernel in Chapter 8. This version is recommended by the kernel developers when you need absolute stability. Later versions of GCC have not received as much testing for Linux kernel compilation. Using a later version is likely to work, however, we recommend adhering to the kernel developer's advice and using the version here to compile your kernel.
...
We'll install this older release of GCC into the non-standard prefix of /opt so as to avoid interfering with the system GCC already installed in /usr .


So, as I mentioned, stick with the book, unless you are some expert... which I am not.

just follow the book to the "letter"!!

you will install Gcc 2.95 toward the end of chapter 6, and compile your kernel against 2.95 and not 3.31

Hi,

I Used only GCC 3.3.2 to compile everything including the linux kernel (and I used 2.6.5, not 2.4.22) and it went just fine, at least for me

Julio

gcc 2.95.3 is used to give you mission-critical stability for...say...a banking server or something like that. that's why the book includes it plus the fact it also gives you a smaller kernel size