Re: g++4/gcc4

From: Jean-David Beyer (jdbeyer_at_exit109.com)
Date: 05/12/05

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    DZ wrote:
    > Why does "gcc version 4.0.0" come in a different package with
    > executables "g++4" and "gcc4" - why doesn't it replace the previous
    > version of g++/gcc like it's normally done?
    >
    > I discovered by accident that "yum update gcc" on FC3 doesn't update
    > to 4.0.0, but "yum install gcc4*" installs those with the funny names
    > like "g++4".

    Perhaps because some users still want the version 3 of the compiler and
    stuff, and that version 4 might produce code incompatible with proprietary
    programs people are running. This is just a guess, but I have to run g++296
    to be compatible with a large dbms I have. But I use g++ for everything
    else. I have both of these on my machine.

    gcc-c++-3.2.3-49 [g++]
    compat-gcc-c++-7.3-2.96.128 [g++296] 

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