The version in the toolchain ppa currently does not match the "retpoline"
changes in the new kernel ( see discussion above), so should not be used to
compile modules. Which is a pain if you still want to use a newer gcc
alongside for other purposes, because adding the ppa upgrades the default
gcc.

I still managed to install gcc-7 from the toolchains ppa while maintaining
the official gcc-5, but I had to pin the ppa with priority <100 (with a
file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/) to prevent automatic upgrades when doing
apt upgrade. I then selected a solution with no removals an minimum
upgrading of existing packages in aptitude.

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  4.4.0-116 Kernel update on 2/21 breaks Nvidia drivers (on 14.04 and
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