Re: How is 5.x kernel backported when we don't have gcc11 in Stable?
On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 1:30 PM Simon John <debian@the-jedi.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I was trying to backport the 5.18 kernel as an exercise, but I noticed
> that it requires gcc11 to compile it and Bullseye only has gcc10.
>
> So how is the 5.18 kernel backported - I assume its not simply compiled
> on a Testing box, as that wouldn't be a backport (might as well just
> install the testing package!)
>
> The whole backports process seems poorly documented - with references to
> various options e.g. pbuilder, cowbuilder, sbuild, deboostrap, schroot,
> all the way down to a simple dpkg-buildpackage/debuild....
>
> Is there a preferred/official method?
gcc-10 seems to be used:
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=linux&arch=amd64&ver=5.18.16-1%7Ebpo11%2B1&stamp=1661172252&raw=0
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