Re: confused about gcc-4.3 version in my system
On 2009-03-24 13:03 +0100, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 08:37:47AM -0700, shaul Karl wrote:
>>
>> dpkg (dpkg -l gcc-4.3) reports that 4.3.3-3 is installed.
>> The latest entry in /var/log/apt/term reports 4:4.3.3-2 were set up.
> ^^
> typo?
>
>> To add to my confusion, I seem to remember that the head of /usr/share/doc/gcc-4.3/changelog.Debian.gz pointed to 4.3.3-3 before the mentioned entry in var/log/apt/term.
>> How can it be?
>
> "I seem to remember" is not good enough. I wouldn't worry about it since
> the -2 and -3 are just the Debian version numbers, that is you still
> have gcc 4.3.3 installed.
>
> There is no way that 4.3.3-3 would be installed before 4.3.3-2,
> discounting any dpkg forcing options.
The confusion seems to come from the fact that there is both a gcc-4.3
package and a gcc package which just depends on the default compiler,
currently gcc-4.3. There versions differ somewhat:
,----
| % dpkg -l gcc gcc-4.3
| [...]
| ii gcc 4:4.3.3-2 The GNU C compiler
| ii gcc-4.3 4.3.3-5 The GNU C compiler
`----
Sven
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