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
