There are two reasons for installing GCC-2.95.3. The first is that the kernel developers have certified GCC-2.95.3 as the preferred compiler for compiling the kernel. The other (and more compelling reason) is that some commercial closed-source packages (such as Netscape Navigator, Yahoo Pager) and precompiled packages (such as Mozilla) are linked against GCC-2.95.3 libs.
Download (HTTP): http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-2.95.3.tar.gz
Download size: 9.4 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 150 MB
Estimated build time: 2.60 SBU
Apply the patches:
patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-2.95.3-2.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-2.95.3-no-fixinc.patch &&
patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-2.95.3-returntype-fix.patch
The GCC development team recommends building in a separate directory.
mkdir ../gcc-build &&
cd ../gcc-build
Configure GCC to build the C and C++ compilers and enable the related C++ options.
../gcc-2.95.3/configure \
--prefix=/opt/gcc-2.95.3 \
--enable-shared --enable-languages=c,c++ \
--enable-threads=posix
Compile and install GCC:
make bootstrap &&
make install
Make note of the library that is installed.
L=`find /opt/gcc-2.95.3/lib -name "*libstdc++*.so" -type f` &&
IL=`basename $L`
Move the C++ libraries to the standard lib directory to avoid having to add /opt/gcc-2.95.3/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf.
for i in /opt/gcc-2.95.3/lib/*.so*; do mv -f $i /usr/lib;
ln -sf /usr/lib/`basename $i` /opt/gcc-2.95.3/lib; done
Create symlinks required by commercial and precompiled packages.
ln -sf $IL /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 &&
ln -sf $IL /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 &&
ln -sf $IL /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.3-2.so.3
As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e., /opt/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.
The instructions given above make compatibility symlinks that pre-compiled packages in BLFS require. You may create additional compatibility links based on your requirements.
If you only need the GCC-2.95.3 libraries, you may delete /opt/gcc-2.95.3.
Whenever you need to use GCC-2.95.3 instead of your system installed compiler, add /opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin to the front of your PATH or (preferably) set the CC environment variable before compiling the concerned package.
The GCC-2.95.3 package contains the gcc-2.95.3 C and C++ compilers and GCC-2.95.3 libstdc++.so that is required by some commercial and pre-compiled packages.