On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 2:20 PM David Laight <david.lai...@aculab.com> wrote: > > It would be nice to be able to build current kernels (for local > use) on the 'new' system - but gcc is already too old.
I have seen such environments too... However, for the kernel in particular, you could install a newer GCC in the 'new' machine (just for the kernel builds) or do your kernel builds in a different machine -- a 'new' 'new' one :) Cheers, Miguel