[CentOS] Upgrading CentOS 5.2 to use gcc 4.x

2009-07-23 Thread Patrick May
I have a CentOS 5.2 installation with gcc 3.4.6 as the default. I'd like to upgrade the entire gcc tool chain, including libraries, to 4.x in order to build some software that requires 4.1.0 or better. Can I do this easily through yum? If I upgrade to 5.3 will I get gcc 4.x by default? Tha

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading CentOS 5.2 to use gcc 4.x

2009-07-23 Thread Patrick May
I got the CentOS version from /etc/redhat-release and the gcc version from 'gcc -v'. This was probably done deliberately by one of my colleagues who did the original install. pjm On 7/23/09 12:43 PM, "Filipe Brandenburger" wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Jul 2

Re: [CentOS] Upgrading CentOS 5.2 to use gcc 4.x

2009-07-23 Thread Patrick May
'yum upgrade' did the trick. 554 MB and 318 packages later and I have gcc 4.1.2. Thanks, Patrick On 7/23/09 12:08 PM, "Lorenzo Quatrini" wrote: > Patrick May ha scritto: >> I have a CentOS 5.2 installation with gcc 3.4.6 as the default. I'd >