On 28.11.2016 18:34, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Package: gcc-6 > Version: 6.2.1-5 > > Upstream's kernel (4.8.11) built with gcc 6.2.1 freezes with the > message "loading initial ramdisk ..." at boot time. > > Moving back to 6.2.0-6 fixes the problem. Same config file, of > course. > > How comes that Debian suddenly uses the bleeding edge gcc as the > default compiler? Maybe I am too blind to see, but 6.2.1 cannot > even be found on ftp.gnu.org.
you are too blind. this is the current gcc-6-branch. > A few years ago the default compiler was chosen *very* carefully. > I miss that. gcc was always built from the branch for decades. I'm closing this issue, this is no GCC issue. This looks like a duplicate of #845690, but the bug report lacks proper information.