learning the correct gcc to use

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Sy Ali <sy1234-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| How can I tell what version of gcc was used to build the software for
| a particular linux instance?

What is a Linux instance?

On my Red Hat Linux, Fedora, and Ubuntu systems, /proc/version give
some hints about how the kernel was compiled.  Here's an example from
this computer, running RHL7.0:

  Linux version 2.2.24-7.0.3 (bhcompile-d4vMwLtd9+JexYj40xR8/dvLeJWuRmrY at public.gmane.org) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Fri Mar 14 08:18:18 EST 2003

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