Package: gcc-3.3 Version: 1:3.3.1-0pre0 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable
The latest version of gcc-3.3 (3.3.1-1) cannot be installed. apt complains as follows: #apt-get install gcc-3.3 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded gcc-3.3 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 23 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1291kB of archives. After unpacking 32.8kB disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 142452 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace gcc-3.3 1:3.3.1-0pre0 (using .../gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.1-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gcc-3.3 ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.1-1_i386.deb (--unpack): unable to install new version of ./usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/3.3.1/specs': Device or resource busy dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/gcc-3.3_1%3a3.3.1-1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I suppose it might be related to the '.' in front of the specs path. The file without the leading '.' can be read fine. Drew -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux strider 2.4.21 #1 Fri Jun 27 11:54:35 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 Versions of packages gcc-3.3 depends on: ii binutils 2.14.90.0.5-0.2 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii cpp-3.3 1:3.3.1-1 The GNU C preprocessor ii gcc-3.3-base 1:3.3.1-1 The GNU Compiler Collection (base ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.3.1-1 GCC support library -- no debconf information
