Re: Problems with gcc and unstable dselections
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 09:59:08PM -0600, Jonathan Wight wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade my system (minimal potato install on a G4) to the
> latest unstable (woody?) build (mainly to get XFree86 4.0 but also just for
> the hell of it).
>
> Everything has installed so far but I have some problems with dselect I
> can't quite fathom...
>
> I'm being told there is a dependency problem:
>
> g++ depends on g++-2.95
> g++-2.95 does not appear to be available
>
> But when I check what is currently installed in the main dselect screen:
>
> Package Inst.ver Avail.ver
> g++ 2.95.2-13 2.95.3-5
>
> Well if g++ depends on g++-2.95 I already have it installed... I don't quite
> see how g++ can depend on itself though...
>
> Anyone got a clue? (I don't).
What it means is that the current g++ package, which is named g++-2.95,
does not build on PPC. My fault. I'll get to it this week, I hope.
Dan
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