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Re: [MiNT] New RPMs to be uploaded shortly...



On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:22:07 -0400 (EDT), Keith Scroggins <kws@radix.net> wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
> If you install the GCC 4.5.1 RPM, it will overwrite/upgrade, so that GCC
> 2.95.3 is now gone, at least the C/C++ pieces.
>
> The gcc2 packages will put the older GCC back in place with a slightly
> different name, requiring a user to specify it to use it.  This is one way
> other systems have multiple GCCs, there are some other ways of doing this,
> but with RPMs, I though this was the easiest.
>
> So, GCC 4.5.1 would be default, with the possibility og GCC 2.95.3 being
> secondary.
>
> Keith
>

Excellent, I don't build a great deal of stuff so I will give gcc4 a try.

Peter