Bug#426063: gcc-4.1 upgrade fails

[Daniel O'Neill <prosolutions@gmx.net>]

Package: gcc-4.1
Version: 4.1_4.1.2-8
Severity: high


Upgrading fails with the following error:


The following packages will be upgraded:
  gcc-4.1
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 256 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/408kB of archives.
After unpacking 90.1kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 173966 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gcc-4.1 4.1.2-7 (using .../gcc-4.1_4.1.2-8_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gcc-4.1 ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-4.1_4.1.2-8_i386.deb (--unpack):
 unable to make backup link of `./usr/bin/gcc-4.1' before installing new version: Invalid cross-device link
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-4.1_4.1.2-8_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)