> 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.
[clip] > 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? Yes. I've noticed that too. I haven't looked into it though. The gcc Packages description has been wacked for a while. It doesn't play nicely with egcs64. I've been editing /var/lib/dpkg/status manually to repair the conflict after each upgrade, which isn't something I really like to be doing. I don't know if this is a related problem or not. Eric