reassign 46036 apt thanks I do not see any dependency of gcc to libncurses4-dev. I do not know if it's a bug in apt-get. The removal of checker is correct, as gcc-2.95 doesn't work with checker.
Jutta Wrage writes: > Package: gcc > Version: 2.7.2.3-7 > > I have installed above version of gcc. > If I try to upgrade to the gcc-package from potato, Not all packages purged > will be updated. > > libncurses4-dev and checker will be removed without any replacement. > timezones seems to be replaced by the new libc6 package. > > apt-get -s install gcc > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > cpp libc6-dev libc6 ldso > The following packages will be REMOVED: > timezones libncurses4-dev checker > 5 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 292 not upgraded. > Remv checker > Remv libncurses4-dev > Remv timezones > Inst ldso > Conf ldso > Inst libc6-dev [] > Inst libc6 > Conf libc6 > Inst gcc [] > Inst cpp > Conf libc6-dev > Conf cpp > Conf gcc > > cu > > Jutta > > -- System Information > Debian Release: 2.1 > Kernel Version: Linux avalon.westfalen.de 2.0.36 #4 Fri Apr 2 17:20:18 CEST > 1999 i586 unknown > > Versions of the packages gcc depends on: > ii libc6 2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries > ii cpp 2.7.2.3-7 The GNU C preprocessor. > ii cpp 2.7.2.3-7 The GNU C preprocessor. > ii binutils 2.9.1.0.19a-2 The GNU assembler, linker and binary > utiliti
