On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:07:03 -0500 "S. R. Wright" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I agree with Eric; while the workaround is to back rev the gcc and its
> associated packages, I also build kernels straight from kernel.org,
> usually within hours of their availability and this has been working for
> me for many years, and it is not sufficient to justify this change by
> saying doing so "isn't a good idea." A change of functionality of this
> scope warrants a minor version number increase, this change was not
> merely a bug fix.
>
> As the kernel is the most important code gcc is ever likely to compile
> on debian or any other distro for that matter, this change should be
> backed out, and not reintroduced UNTIL the *official* kernel source is
> ready for it.
>
> -- sRw
I'm seeing the same failure and agree with the above statements.
Please note that a vanilla gcc-6 can compile a vanilla kernel, and so should
Debian's gcc-6.
Sven C.
