grub2 on old Linux Distributions (at least CentOS 7)

[Karel Gardas]

Hi,

indeed, centos 7 is bundled with gcc 4.8.5. Now, the question is, is
centos 7 still supported by RTEMS? If so, then we will need to invent
some machinery to check not only for commands but also for versions in
cfg files? Also if we're doing this we need to check firmly we're really
on old centos IMHO.

Thanks,
Karel

On 11/21/21 12:05 AM, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Looking over the build sweep failures, I spotted this one
> (https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/build/2021-November/030118.html)
> which would lean to their being a floor on older distributions. There
> is a software collection for a gcc8 for CentOS 7 but do we want to
> require it? This is for x86_64 tools:
> 
> In file included from grub-core/disk/lvm.c:28:0:
> ./include/grub/safemath.h:34:2: error: #error gcc 5.1 or newer or
> clang 3.8 or newer is required
> 
> #error gcc 5.1 or newer or clang 3.8 or newer is required,
> 
> Just looking for thought on what the best thing to do is.
> 
> --joel
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