Bug#497371: cpp-4.3: mismatch between package version, upstream version and /usr/lib/gcc/<arch>/<version>

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Package: cpp-4.3
Version: 4.3.2-9
Severity: minor

This last upload has this in its changelog entry:

 gcc-4.3 (4.3.1-9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Update to SVN 20080814 from the gcc-4_3-branch.

The problem is that this update changes the upstream version number to
4.3.2 (officially released 2008-08-27, and which was a release candidate
at the time of the changelog entry). As a consequence, cpp-4.3 provides a
symlink /usr/lib/gcc/<arch>/4.3.2 instead of /usr/lib/gcc/<arch>/4.3.1.
This may break gnat-4.3 in a subtle way; see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnat-4.3/+bug/250173

The proper fix is to acknowledge the new upstream version number in the
package (i.e. 4.3.2~rc1-1, or even 4.3.2-1 with another update), and
request a new upload of gnat-4.3 to match. I'll be happy to do the
latter.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.