[NTLUG:Discuss] To update gcc or not?

[brian@pongonova.net]

John--

A few years back, RH shipped with two separate compilers, one for the
kernel and one for everything else.  Quite a headache for a lot of
folks. I don't remember the details (I'm sure there are people here
that can recall version numbers and the political bickering that led
to this decision), but it was pretty much the proverbial straw that
prompted me (and many others) to look elsewhere for a distro.

One would think RH would learn from its previous mistakes. 

  --Brian

On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 02:46:43AM -0500, Pat Regan wrote:
> John Thomas wrote:
> > Colleagues,
> > 
> > My system is RedHat Enterprise Workstation, v. 4.  I recently installed 
> > a kernel update from 2.6.9-22.0.1.EL to 2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.
> > 
> > I'm running VMware, and it requires one to re-compile certain modules 
> > whenever the kernel is changed.  This time, though, VMware reports that 
> > the new kernel was compiled under gcc-3.4.5, while my compiler is 
> > gcc-3.4.4.  So, VM won't re-compile its modules under the new kernel.
> > 
> > I haven't received an update from RedHat for gcc-3.4.5.  Should I just 
> > go ahead and get it and install it?  Will new libraries overwrite 
> > existing libraries and cause a cascade of problems?
> > 
> > I will appreciate any tips.
> 
> Is it normal for Redhat to release a kernel compiled with a version of
> gcc besides the one currently shipping with the OS?  That seems very odd
> to me.
> 
> Pat


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