Re: Really dumb question from g++ newbie

From: David Abrahams (yg-boost-users_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-22 21:41:22

"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:4.3.2.7.2.20020922194954.02398c78_at_mailhost.esva.net...

> At this point in time g++ 2.95.3-5 is quite a few (six maybe?) releases
and
> a year and a half behind the current release (3.2). GCC and its libraries
> have made major steps forward during that time. Maybe you should consider
> downloading 3.2 instead of putting effort into 2.95.3.  You will have to
> compile it yourself, but just following the instructions has worked fine
> for me (but do run the configure, make, and install steps under cygwin.)

Wait!

You can't "just follow the directions", unfortunately.

When you run the configure step, you MUST add --prefix="..." to avoid
collisions with your existing g++ installation. For example:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-3.2
    make bootstrap ; make install # Wait a few hours...

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