Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-21 Thread Arthur Gautier
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 08:07:03AM -0500, S. R. Wright wrote: > 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. I

Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-21 Thread S. R. Wright
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 doi

Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-21 Thread Wolfgang Walter
On Friday, 21 October 2016 14:45:25 CEST Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > The Debian kernel packages still have a dependency on gcc-5, which may mean > that the kernels are currently only built/supported with gcc-5. vanilla kernels (Linus' tree and the stable ones) could be compiled just fine with gcc

Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-21 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
The Debian kernel packages still have a dependency on gcc-5, which may mean that the kernels are currently only built/supported with gcc-5. On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 11:22 -0500, S R Wright wrote: > Concurring with Wolfgang;  pulling the source straight from kernel.org  > and using identical .config

Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-20 Thread Bálint Réczey
Control: tags -1 - patch 2016-10-20 18:48 GMT+02:00 Sven Joachim : > On 2016-10-20 17:54 +0200, Bálint Réczey wrote: > >> Control: reassign -1 linux 4.7.8-1 >> Control: severity -1 serious >> Control: tags -1 patch >> >> Hi David, >> >> 2016-10-20 14:02 GMT+02:00 David Weinehall : >>> Package: gcc

Processed: Re: Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-20 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tags -1 - patch Bug #841420 [linux] --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds Bug #841368 [linux] gcc-6 6.2.0-7 breaks kernel build if stack protection is enabled Removed tag(s) patch. Removed tag(s) patch. -- 841368: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?b

Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-20 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2016-10-20 17:54 +0200, Bálint Réczey wrote: > Control: reassign -1 linux 4.7.8-1 > Control: severity -1 serious > Control: tags -1 patch > > Hi David, > > 2016-10-20 14:02 GMT+02:00 David Weinehall : >> Package: gcc-6 >> Severity: important >> Version: 6.2.0-7 >> >> --enable-default-pie (first

Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-20 Thread S R Wright
Concurring with Wolfgang; pulling the source straight from kernel.org and using identical .config files will work with 6.2.0-6 but fail with 6.2.0-7. I was able to build and install 4.8.3 with no issues after back-revving gcc et. al. to 6.2.0-6 -- sRw On 10/20/16 11:09, Wolfgang Walter wr

Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-20 Thread Wolfgang Walter
Hello, with this version of gcc-6 I can't build vanilla kernels any more. It fails with even with CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG disabled: scripts/kconfig/mconf Kconfig configuration written to .config *** End of the configuration. *** Execute 'make' to start the build or try 'make help'. ksrc@ei:~

Processed: Re: Bug#841420: --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds

2016-10-20 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > reassign -1 linux 4.7.8-1 Bug #841420 [gcc-6] --enable-default-pie breaks kernel builds Bug reassigned from package 'gcc-6' to 'linux'. No longer marked as found in versions gcc-6/6.2.0-7. Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #841420 to the same values pr