----- Original Message -----
| Take a look at Devtoolset, I think this will give you what you want:
| https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-3/
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| On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Michael Hennebry
| <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) is a bit old.
| > There have been major changes since then.
| > I'd like a newer version.
| >
| > If I have to, I expect that I can install from source.
| > I'd rather not.
| >
| > Is there a CentOS 6-compatible repository
| > from which I can get a newer version?
| > Does a standard CentOS 7 repository have a newer version?
| > Does a CentOS 7-compatible repository have a newer version?
| >
| > It's my understanding that to compile from source,
| > I will need to keep the gcc I have.
| > Otherwise I would have nothing to compile the source.
| > I expect that providing the right options will let old and new co-exist.
| > Is ensuring that I get the right gcc when I type "gcc"
| > just a matter of having the right search path for gcc?
| > Will I need to do anything interesting to ensure that
| > the resulting executables run using the right libraries?
| >
| > I've installed from source before,
| > but never to replace an existing compiler.
| > My concern is that if I louse things up,
| > the mess could be very hard to fix.
| >
| > --
| > Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical
| > reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young
| > goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods
When you're going to maintain software for long periods of time the Modules environment can come in really handy. See http://modules.sf.net
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