PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc = "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross = "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross-initial = "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross-intermediate = "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-cross-canadian = "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-crosssdk= "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-crosssdk-initial= "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-crosssdk-intermediate= "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_gcc-runtime = "4.5"
PREFERRED_VERSION_libgcc = "4.5"
I get the following warnings:
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc not available (for item gcc)
NOTE: versions of gcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-gcc)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-runtime not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-compilerlibs)
NOTE: versions of gcc-runtime available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc not available (for item gcc)
NOTE: versions of gcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-g++)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of libgcc not available (for item libgcc)
NOTE: versions of libgcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross-intermediate not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-gcc-intermediate)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross-intermediate available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of libgcc not available (for item libgcc)
NOTE: versions of libgcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross-initial not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-gcc-initial)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross-initial available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
I've now got 3 gcc variants, 4.7 (in poky), 4.6 and 4.5 (in meta-openembedded), and it's automatically picking up 4.6, from the meta-openembedded/toolchain-layer.
After gcc_4.6 recipe builds, and I attempt to re-run gcc_4.5, I get the following output:
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc not available (for item gcc)
NOTE: versions of gcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-gcc)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-runtime not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-compilerlibs)
NOTE: versions of gcc-runtime available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc not available (for item gcc)
NOTE: versions of gcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-g++)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of libgcc not available (for item libgcc)
NOTE: versions of libgcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross-intermediate not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-gcc-intermediate)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross-intermediate available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of libgcc not available (for item libgcc)
NOTE: versions of libgcc available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: preferred version 4.5 of gcc-cross-initial not available (for item virtual/powerpc-poky-linux-gcc-initial)
NOTE: versions of gcc-cross-initial available: 4.5.4+svnr189152 4.6.3+svnr184847 4.7.1.0+git1+1653160670db186c6243997447ecbe6ce5056648
NOTE: Preparing runqueue
NOTE: Executing SetScene Tasks
NOTE: Executing RunQueue Tasks
NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 938 tasks of which 938 didn't need to be rerun and all succeeded.
elvis@eos:/tool/yocto/poky/build$
At this stage, 4.7.1, 4.6.3 have been built, but it doesn't allow me to build gcc_4.5 recipe.