* Steffen Dettmer: > How to build a gcc3 host=x86-linux target=i386-old-linux today? > Are there alternatives? The best way is to replicate the old development environment, perhaps using virtualization or emulation. In general, there is no other way because GCC itself is not sufficient, you also need the old libraries to link to, in compatible versions. The old environment has all that, and is the simplest approach if some distribution-supplied environment was used in the first place. If not, it can be easier to patch the existing binaries to fix the bugs or add the missing functionality, depending on how complex the original environment was and how invasive the desired changes are.
