id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
238	gcc-2.95.3 (gcc2libs)	tushar@…	tushar@…	"Since many commercial and precompiled packages depend on gcc2 libs, and the
question is asked n number of times on the lists, it would be better if the book
included a section on installation of gcc2 libs. I use the following that
compiles the complete gcc-2.95.3 and then copies the libs, but there may be a
shorter way to do it (never bothered to research it since it is only done once):
   ../gcc-2.95.3/configure --prefix=/var/tmp/gcc --enable-shared \
      --enable-languages=c++ --enable-threads=posix &&
   make &&
   make install &&
   mv /var/tmp/gcc/lib/*.so* /usr/lib &&
   ln -sf libstdc++-libc6.3-2.so.3 /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 &&
   ln -sf libstdc++-libc6.3-2.so.3 /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 &&
   ldconfig

Another option is to install it in a different directory e.g.
/usr/lib/gcc2-compat/ and ask the users to add the directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
for apps that need gcc2 libs."	defect	closed	low		BOOK	~CVS	low	fixed