Hello,
It has been some time since I needed to compile a kernel and I have this problem now.
*** Compiler is too old.
What would be the sanest way to do this? Meaning upgrade gcc and friends ? Please see below for details:
*** Compiler is too old.
What would be the sanest way to do this? Meaning upgrade gcc and friends ? Please see below for details:
make menuconfig gives me this:
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aruna@debian:/media/aruna/linux-next/home/linux-5.16.10$ make menuconfig
***
*** Compiler is too old.
*** Your GCC version: 4.9.2
*** Minimum GCC version: 5.1.0
***
scripts/Kconfig.include:44: Sorry, this compiler is not supported.
scripts/kconfig/Makefile:48: recipe for target 'menuconfig' failed
make[1]: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
Makefile:619: recipe for target 'menuconfig' failed
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
***
*** Compiler is too old.
*** Your GCC version: 4.9.2
*** Minimum GCC version: 5.1.0
***
scripts/Kconfig.include:44: Sorry, this compiler is not supported.
scripts/kconfig/Makefile:48: recipe for target 'menuconfig' failed
make[1]: *** [menuconfig] Error 1
Makefile:619: recipe for target 'menuconfig' failed
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2
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and make -j3 gives me this:
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aruna@debian:/media/aruna/linux-next/home/linux-5.16.10$ make -j3
Makefile:661: include/config/auto.conf: No such file or directoryMakefile:709: include/config/auto.conf.cmd: No such file or directory
SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
***
*** Compiler is too old.
*** Your GCC version: 4.9.2
*** Minimum GCC version: 5.1.0
***
scripts/Kconfig.include:44: Sorry, this compiler is not supported.
scripts/kconfig/Makefile:77: recipe for target 'syncconfig' failed
make[2]: *** [syncconfig] Error 1
Makefile:619: recipe for target 'syncconfig' failed
make[1]: *** [syncconfig] Error 2
Makefile:731: recipe for target 'include/config/auto.conf.cmd' failed
make: *** [include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Error 2
aruna@debian:/media/aruna/linux-next/home/linux-5.16.10$
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I really do not want to install the latest Debian unless there is no other way ?
Thank you, Aruna
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