Fix some SW versions in CI build

Author: steve-s

ci_common/common.hocon

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ logfiles : [
 environmentLinux: {
   environment : {
     PKG_INCLUDE_FLAGS_OVERRIDE : "-I/cm/shared/apps/zlib/1.2.11/include -I/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/include -I/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/include -I/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.42/include -I/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/include"
-    PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE : "-L/cm/shared/apps/zlib/1.2.11/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.42/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/gcc/4.9.1/lib64"
+    PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE : "-L/cm/shared/apps/zlib/1.2.11/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.42/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/gcc/4.9.2/lib64"
     TZDIR: "/usr/share/zoneinfo"
   }
 }
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ packagesLinux : {
     "pip:pylint" : "==1.1.0"
     "pip:ninja_syntax" : "==1.7.2"
     make : ">=3.83"
-    gcc-build-essentials : "==4.9.1" # TODO: upgrade to 4.9.2
+    gcc-build-essentials : "==4.9.2"
+    binutils: ">=2.30"
     pcre : "==8.42"
     zlib : "==1.2.11"
     # these are needed to build GNU-R