I have a CentOS Stream 8 server with a backup application that requires the kernel to be compiled with the same version of gcc. Latest kernel is: 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64
I inadvertently updated gcc in the course of doing updates, and it's currently: gcc version 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-15) (GCC)
gcc 8.5 was apparently backported from CentOS Stream 9 into 8, and that's causing problems for me.
I need to downgrade gcc to 8.4, which is available. Of course when I try, I get the following errors:
]# dnf install gcc-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64
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Error:
Problem: problem with installed package gcc-plugin-annobin-8.5.0-15.el8.x86_64
- package gcc-plugin-annobin-8.5.0-15.el8.x86_64 requires gcc = 8.5.0-15.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- package gcc-plugin-annobin-8.5.0-13.el8.x86_64 requires gcc = 8.5.0-13.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- package gcc-plugin-annobin-8.5.0-14.el8.x86_64 requires gcc = 8.5.0-14.el8, but none of the providers can be installed
- cannot install both gcc-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64 and gcc-8.5.0-15.el8.x86_64
- cannot install both gcc-8.5.0-13.el8.x86_64 and gcc-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64
- cannot install both gcc-8.5.0-14.el8.x86_64 and gcc-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64
- cannot install both gcc-8.5.0-15.el8.x86_64 and gcc-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64
- conflicting requests
(try to add '--allowerasing' to command line to replace conflicting packages or '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
]# dnf remove gcc
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Removing:
gcc x86_64 8.5.0-15.el8 @appstream 59 M
Removing dependent packages:
BackupAndRecoveryAgent x86_64 15.0.30430-1 @System 933 M
annobin x86_64 10.67-3.el8 @appstream 968 k
dkms noarch 3.0.7-1.el8 @epel 151 k
file_protector noarch 1.1-1497 @System 8.3 M
gcc-plugin-annobin x86_64 8.5.0-15.el8 @appstream 48 k
snapapi26_modules noarch 0.8.15-1 @System 5.2 M
Removing unused dependencies:
cpp x86_64 8.5.0-15.el8 @appstream 28 M
glibc-devel x86_64 2.28-214.el8 @baseos 234 k
glibc-headers x86_64 2.28-214.el8 @baseos 1.9 M
isl x86_64 0.16.1-6.el8 @AppStream 3.1 M
kernel-headers x86_64 4.18.0-408.el8 @baseos 5.2 M
libmpc x86_64 1.1.0-9.1.el8 @appstream 124 k
libxcrypt-devel x86_64 4.1.1-6.el8 @baseos 24 k
Transaction Summary
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Remove 14 Packages
Should I do dnf remove gcc-plugin-annobin and dnf install gcc-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64 --skip-broken? Will everything fall into place once 8.4 is installed? Or should I remove gcc and gcc-plugin-annobin and install the version I need?
I just want to be cautious so nothing breaks.
Thank you.
