Install specific version of gcc using yum

Question

How do I ask yum to install specific version of gcc? When I run yum install gcc on fc17 I get gcc 4.7.2. My software compiles just fine using this version of gcc. Recently I was forced to move to fc18, when I run yum install gcc I get gcc 4.8, and my software fails to compile with this version of gcc. Since so I'm forced to manually download the gcc-4.7.2.fc18.rpm and to resolve dependencies manually. Is there a way to ask yum to install a specific version of gcc?

Answer 1

You can specify the version of the package to install along with the name, e.g. "gcc-4.7.2". But that won't help since 4.7.2 is not in the F18 repositories; fix your code.