I am having a problem with a specific program im using and the developers are telling me that there is an mmap bug with the gcc version of centos 5.1 possibly including the libstdc++ libraries.

I have everything updated so my only recourse right now is to try a different compiler.

Is it possible to install a different version of gcc along with the one that comes with the distro?

I remember way back I tried to change gcc versions and all hell broke lose, almost everything was dependent on distro gcc.

Any advice, directions would be greatly appreciated.