On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:10:28AM +0200, Alexis Huxley wrote: > Fine, you are right, the package name might be wrong, but the bug exists. > If I try to install 'gcc' (that should recreate the symlink, right?) then > I get: > > The following extra packages will be installed: > gcc-4.2 > > I don't want or need gcc-4.2 therefore the bug exists!
gcc package from gcc-default depends on the default compiler version for a
given arch. gcc-4.2 is the default on i386 so installing gcc will always
install gcc-4.2. gcc Depends on gcc-4.2, and provides /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-4.2
symlink.
> Could you possibly, if it is not too much trouble, reopen the bug and
> assign it to the package gcc rather than gcc-4.1, then? I presume you
> can do tha? Or would that be too much trouble? Thank you.
gcc-4.2 is the default on i386, you have to switch back the default compiler
to gcc-4.1 by hand updating /usr/bin/{cpp,gcc,g++} symlinks, etc. But you
don't have to uninstall gcc-4.2.
You perhaps rather want to add a comment on bug #463295 [0] about the compiler
used for kernel build.
[0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463295
> PS Such a blase attitude towards bug reports does neither (a) you, nor
> (b) Debian any favours.
I have no time to loose acting like a teletubby on bug reports if the bug
report is wrong, sorry...
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