*** Compiler is too old

[Aruna Hewapathirane]

>> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 3:45 AM Hamza Mogni <hamzamogni5 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> Hello Aruna,
>> It specifically says on the output you sent that you need a minimum
version of 5.1.0 for GCC in order to compile your kernel,
>> so maybe start with that.
>> Thanks.

Thank you Hamza I will try to do so.

>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2022 at 05:53, Aruna Hewapathirane <
> aruna.hewapathirane at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>> make menuconfig gives me this:
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> aruna at 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
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> and make -j3 gives me this:
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> aruna at debian:/media/aruna/linux-next/home/linux-5.16.10$ make -j3
>> Makefile:661: include/config/auto.conf: No such file or directory
>> Makefile: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 at debian:/media/aruna/linux-next/home/linux-5.16.10$
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I really do not want to install the latest Debian unless there is no
>> other way ?
>>
>> Thank you, Aruna
>>
>>
>>
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