Redditer trying an upgrade from disco -> eoan reported broken upgrade due to this, and like in comment #34 I can reproduce this still.
So I think this a fix backported to 19,04 kernel is definitely required before we release 19.10. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830961 Title: Kernels & kernel drivers fail to build with gcc-9 [error: ‘-mindirect- branch’ and ‘-fcf-protection’ are not compatible] Status in gcc-9 package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in xtables-addons package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Compiling kernels & kernel modules fails due to these errors: ./include/linux/compiler.h:193:1: error: ‘-mindirect-branch’ and ‘-fcf-protection’ are not compatible (This happens with any kernel modules.) This appears to be due to the changes in 9.1.0-3ubuntu1 enabling -fcf- protection by default on 19.10's gcc-9. Switching to gcc-8 allows compilation to proceed. WORKAROUND: sudo ln -fs gcc-8 /usr/bin/gcc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-9/+bug/1830961/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp