On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:59:04 +0000 Michael Fothergill <michael.fotherg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have become sid and installed a ton of dependencies from the > experimental respository and finally installed gcc 8. Oh, from a quick glance it looked like half a dozen might suffice :-) > > After some rehab I will study the web page on compiling kernels in > debian. > > I need to get the set up to use the GCC 8 compiler I have just > installed. I have done this a lot lately (needed a custom kernel for a new laptop). Basically all I had to do was install make-kpkg + a number of other related packages. Once all that was in place I just had to pick a source tarball from kernel.org and unzip it, copy the latest config I had in /boot to linux-<version>/.config , then run # yes "" | make oldconfig from within the source-directory and then start compiling with something like # fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-<whateveryoulike> kernel-image kernel-headers The man page of make-kpkg gives hints about how to force a gcc version in its description paragraph, never tried this myself, though. Good luck!! Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them. Captain, a starship also runs on loyalty to one man. And nothing can replace it or him. -- Spock, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4729.4