Re: Upgrading gcc in unstable
I see the same behavior.
eric
James Moody wrote:
>
> For over a month now, the gcc package has appeared in my apt-get upgrade
> even though there is no new version available. This is quite strange.
> The gcc version is 2.95.2-0pre1. The only thing I can figure is that
> this is a bug in apt due to a colon in the filename, but that could be
> completely incorrect. All other packages behave correctly.
>
> For example:
> ipx:~# apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> bzip2 slang1 whiptail
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/1091kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> (Reading database ... 6352 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace gcc 1:2.95.2-0pre1 (using .../gcc_1%3a2.95.2-0pre1_sparc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement gcc ...
> Setting up gcc (2.95.2-0pre1) ...
> Checking available versions of cc, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
> (You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
> Leaving cc (/usr/bin/cc) pointing to /usr/bin/gcc.
> Leaving cc.1.gz (/usr/share/man/man1/cc.1.gz) pointing to /usr/share/man/man1/gcc.1.gz.
>
> ipx:~# apt-get upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> bzip2 slang1 whiptail
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/1091kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> (Reading database ... 6352 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace gcc 1:2.95.2-0pre1 (using .../gcc_1%3a2.95.2-0pre1_sparc.de
> b) ...
> Unpacking replacement gcc ...
> Setting up gcc (2.95.2-0pre1) ...
> Checking available versions of cc, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
> (You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see `man ln'.)
> Leaving cc (/usr/bin/cc) pointing to /usr/bin/gcc.
> Leaving cc.1.gz (/usr/share/man/man1/cc.1.gz) pointing to /usr/share/man/man1/gc
> c.1.gz.
>
> ipx:~# apt-get -s upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following packages have been kept back
> bzip2 slang1 whiptail
> 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
> Inst gcc
> Conf gcc
>
> As you can see, I just upgraded it twice and it STILL claims that it needs
> to upgrade it. Each time it will dutifully haul down the package, unpack
> and configure it...
>
> Is anyone else having this problem?
>
> james
>
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