On 13 December 2010 08:58, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2010-12-13 02:55 +0100, Frank Church wrote: > > > I was paring down my installation and the command for gcc-4.2-base more > or > > less threatened to wipe out everything on the server. > > > > apt-get purge gcc-4.2-base > > > > Is that the norm, or is it due to a corrupted package database? > > My hunch is that the libgcc1 package (required by libc6, among others) > still depends on gcc-4.2-base, which means that your system is not up to > date. What does "apt-cache policy libgcc1" print? > > Sven > > ========================================== r...@heron01:/usr/src# apt-cache policy libgcc1 libgcc1: Installed: 1:4.2.4-1ubuntu4 Candidate: 1:4.2.4-1ubuntu4 Version table: *** 1:4.2.4-1ubuntu4 0 500 http://www.ftp.uni-erlangen.de hardy-updates/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:4.2.4-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages 1:4.2.3-2ubuntu7 0 500 http://www.ftp.uni-erlangen.de hardy/main Packages ================================================
I thought gcc name referred to just the compiler, not on libraries created by the compiler. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vd2y59sx....@turtle.gmx.de > > -- Frank Church ======================= http://devblog.brahmancreations.com