Re: Problems updating gcc-c++-2.96-98.i386.rpm on rh61

[kbk shore net (Kurt B. Kaiser)]

jose_luis_fdez_diaz@yahoo.es (Jose Luis Fernández Díaz) writes:

> I have rh61 on i386.
> 
> I got gcc-c++-2.96-98.i386.rpm and cpp-2.96-85.i386.rpm from 
> "ftp://updates.redhat.com:7.1/en/os/i386/";.
> 
> When I try to update they I get the messages:
> 
> [root@narcea rpm]# rpm -U gcc-c++-2.96-98.i386.rpm  
> error: failed dependencies:
>         cpp = 2.96-98 is needed by gcc-c++-2.96-98
>         libstdc++ = 2.96 is needed by gcc-c++-2.96-98
>         libstdc++-devel = 2.96 is needed by gcc-c++-2.96-98
> [root@narcea rpm]# rpm -U cpp-2.96-85.i386.rpm 
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)   is needed by cpp-2.96-85
>         cpp = 1.1.2 is needed by egcs-1.1.2-24
>         cpp = 1.1.2 is needed by egcs-c++-1.1.2-24
>         cpp = 1.1.2 is needed by egcs-objc-1.1.2-24
> 
> I think that gcc-c++ in the new version of egcs, so I must uninstall egcs
> before try to install gcc-c++.

Not necessarily. You can rpm -ivh the gcc-c++ .

> Is gcc-c++-2.96-98 compatible with my system ?

You are moving your system towards RH7.2. It is no longer pure 6.2.

> 
> If I install gcc-c++-2.96-98, which other packges must I install ?

The -98 release is for RH7.2, while the -85 is for RH7.1. Pick one, don't mix.

It looks like you will have to update your glibc to 2.2 first.

KBK