Your message dated Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:52:46 -0600
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and subject line Re: gcc-4.7-base trying to overwrite
'/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.6.1'
has caused the Debian Bug report #652597,
regarding gcc-4.7-base trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.6.1'
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Package: gcc-4.7-base
Version: 4.7-20111217-1
Severity: important
gcc-4.6-base and gcc-4.7-base disagree on the target of the symlink:
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2011-12-17 07:54
./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.6.1 -> 4.6
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2011-12-17 18:11
./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.6.1 -> 4.7
This renders it uninstallable (without some --force options to dpkg), thereby
breaking quite a few packages that depend on it.
It looks like the symlink in the 4.7 package is a mistake.
(For now, I have forced 4.6-base to overwrite 4.7-base.)
(Severity not serious because I can't find an explicit "must"
or "required" in Debian policy mandating Conflicts: declarations.
Section 3.5 requires declaration of prerequisites, but I cannot
find an explicit requirement for conflicts.)
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 4.7-20111217-2
# policy ยง3.5
severity 652597 serious
quit
sacrificial-spam-addr...@horizon.com wrote:
> gcc-4.6-base and gcc-4.7-base disagree on the target of the symlink:
> lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2011-12-17 07:54
> ./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.6.1 -> 4.6
> lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2011-12-17 18:11
> ./usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.6.1 -> 4.7
>
> This renders it uninstallable (without some --force options to dpkg), thereby
> breaking quite a few packages that depend on it.
Thanks for reporting it. Seems to be fixed.
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