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Subject: Re: [1.7] gcc-3.4.4-3 gets reinstalled every time I run setup
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According to Andrew Schulman on 1/9/2009 7:42 AM:
> Subject says it all.  setup sees the package as new, and reinstalls it, every
> time.
> 
> Is this a known problem?  I didn't see any other reports of it.  Is there a
> simple fix or workaround?

The package is a source-only package, but something else you have selected
depends on it.  Because it is source-only, setup.exe has nothing to
install when doing the default binary-only installation; and even if you
do install source, setup.exe doesn't recognize that a source-only package
has been installed.  Until someone patches setup.exe to add something like
a check-box to ignore source-only packages, then this will always be the
case.  At least it is in the category of annoying but harmless; you aren't
missing any files necessary for gcc to work correctly.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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