you seem to be misreading what the book says. The current stable
book is 8.1, and the following specific minimum versions are
mentioned:
gcc-4.7 (you imply versions > 4.4.1 are not tested)
glibc-2.11.
As Pierre said, gcc-7.3.0 did not exist when 8.1 was released. In
practice it should be fine for building 8.1
And glibc-2.26 is the highest version which had been tested, so it
is explicitly OK.
In other words, the versions you have mentioned are fine. We also
say "Earlier versions of the listed software packages may work, but
have not been tested."
The things which commonly break a build are:
/bin/sh not pointing to bash.
host systems without bison (i.e. with a different yacc).
mawk instead of gawk.
missing packages from the list of requirements.
I probably have to somehow first bild an old version of gcc and glibc
before I can even think about
trying to create my own LFS.
No, building an older version of gcc is a recipe for pain - you can
probably go back one or two versions, but sooner or later the
current version will not understand the older source, particularly
in g++).
ĸen
Ken, thanks for the clarificatino.
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