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R00KIE

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[solved] medit and gcc-objc dependency

Today while trying to update my system it failed saying

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: medit: requires gcc-objc

Upon further inspection it looks like gcc-objc conflicts with gcc-libs. What I can't figure out is why the update fails because gcc-libs provides gcc-objc.

$ pacman -Qi gcc-libs
Name           : gcc-libs
Version        : 4.4.1-1
URL            : http://gcc.gnu.org
Licenses       : GPL  LGPL  
Groups         : base  
Provides       : gcc-objc=4.4.1  
Depends On     : glibc>=2.10.1-3

The medit package doesn't specify any gcc-objc version so I'm a little lost here, I don't know when this gcc-objc dependency was introduced so I'm not sure if it was required before and things were working fine, I have tried building medit from abs without the gcc-objc dependency and it builds fine and seems to work fine.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Edit:
Marking as solved

Last edited by R00KIE (2009-10-28 11:20:18)

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Allan

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Re: [solved] medit and gcc-objc dependency

http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/16877

gcc-objc was split from gcc.   medit should have only depended on gcc-libs...

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R00KIE

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Re: [solved] medit and gcc-objc dependency

Ok, thx.
I did search for medit bugs but didn't include the closed tasks so I missed that one ^^; but it sorted itself out.

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francisc1701

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Re: [solved] medit and gcc-objc dependency

I'm having the same problem. How exactly did it sort itself out for you?

R00KIE

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Re: [solved] medit and gcc-objc dependency

It should sort itself out once the mirror you are using syncs to the latest package version.
In the meanwhile you can remove medit, update your system and install medit again with pacman -Sd medit.

I have compiled medit from abs without gcc-objc and it compiled fine and seemed to work fine, I don't know exactly why gcc-objc is needed during build, you can either ignore the dependency for a short while or wait until it gets sorted with the newer package, it shouldn't take long if the mirror you use syncs regularly.

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francisc1701

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Re: [solved] medit and gcc-objc dependency

Ok then, I'll wait.
Thanks for the reply.