On 4 March 2013 19:59, Thierry Moreau wrote: > > The observation is *if* the gcc source code has some C++ depency(ies) which > similarly needs say version>=4.7 and a machine has only gcc 4.4 installed, > then migrating to e.g. gcc 5.3 requires installing v.X, (4.7 <= X < > first-version-that-can't-be-compiled-without-C++).
Currently building GCC doesn't require anything newer than GCC 3.4, which is sufficiently ancient that it shouldn't be a problem for most people. This is documented at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html
