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Bug 70296 - error on emerge; there are no ebuilds to satisfy ">=sys-devel/gcc-4.2-r4".
Summary: error on emerge; there are no ebuilds to satisfy ">=sys-devel/gcc-4.2-r4".
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: PPC Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2004-11-06 13:02 UTC by Ben Cressey
Modified: 2004-11-06 13:26 UTC (History)
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Description Ben Cressey 2004-11-06 13:02:08 UTC 
I am running gcc-2.95.3-r8.  On most packages when emerging I get an error back saying that ">=sys-devel/gcc-4.2.r4" cannot be found.

Example:
bcressey@ghostwheel gcc $ emerge -p gcc-2.95.3-r8.ebuild
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies -
emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy ">=sys-devel/gcc-4.2-r4".

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Ben Cressey 2004-11-06 13:03:24 UTC 
If I emerge with the --nodeps option, I don't see the error message.

Example:
bcressey@ghostwheel gcc $ emerge -p --nodeps gcc-2.95.3-r8.ebuild
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R   ] sys-devel/gcc-2.95.3-r8
Comment 2 Ben Cressey 2004-11-06 13:26:33 UTC 
Removed /var/db/pkg/sys-devel/gcc-2.95.3-r5/PROVIDE to correct the problem.