Well llama.cpp requires minimum CUDA 11 from 2020, or if you need CUDA C++17 support, then CUDA 12 from 2022. It'll compile fine against latest CUDA 12.8 or 12

Well llama.cpp requires minimum CUDA 11 from 2020, or if you need CUDA C++17 support, then CUDA 12 from 2022. It'll compile fine against latest CUDA 12.8 or 12.9 etc, but there's zero need to pack whatever the latest CUDA version is.