What is wrong with gcc-doc?

["Paul Smith" <pausmith@nortelnetworks.com>]

For a few months now I haven't been able to install the GCC
documentation.  This is most annoying.  However, there is no bug filed
so I'm wondering if maybe I've just got something broken?

Here's what happens:

  # apt-get -s install gcc-doc
  Reading Package Lists... Done
  Building Dependency Tree... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    alsa-source build-essential g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 gobjc gobjc-2.95
    libstdc++2.10-dev libtool task-devel-common task-objc-dev 
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    gcc-doc 
  0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 12 to remove and 244  not upgraded.
  Remv alsa-source (0.9+0beta10-5 Debian:testing)
  Remv build-essential (5 Debian:testing)
  Remv g++ (2:2.95.4-9 Debian:testing) [g++-2.95 ]
  Remv g++-2.95 (1:2.95.4-1 Debian:testing) [libstdc++2.10-dev ]
  Remv libstdc++2.10-dev (1:2.95.4-1 Debian:testing)
  Remv task-objc-dev (0.7 )
  Remv gobjc-2.95 (1:2.95.4-1 Debian:testing) [gobjc ]
  Remv gobjc (2:2.95.4-9 Debian:testing)
  Remv task-devel-common (0.7 )
  Remv libtool (1.4.2-3 Debian:testing)
  Remv gcc (2:2.95.4-9 Debian:testing) [gcc-2.95 ]
  Remv gcc-2.95 (1:2.95.4-1 Debian:testing)
  Inst gcc-doc (1:2.95.2-20 Debian:testing)
  Conf gcc-doc (1:2.95.2-20 Debian:testing)

Why is it removing GCC (and all the rest of that stuff) in order to
install gcc-doc???

I can't see anything in the gcc-doc info that leads me to believe it
should remove the rest of the stuff:

  # apt-cache show gcc-doc
    ...
  Source: gcc (2.95.2-20)
  Version: 1:2.95.2-20
  Replaces: gcc (<=2.7.2.3-4.3), egcs-docs (<< 2.95), gcc-docs (<< 2.95.2)
  Provides: egcs-docs
  Conflicts: gcc-docs (<< 2.95.2), egcs-docs (<< 2.95)
    ...

OK, so replaces gcc <= 2.7.2.3-4.3, but I don't have that, and there's
no conflict with the other stuff, so what's going on?

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