Reassigning to gcc. gcc does not appear to be managed by update- alternatives. AFAIUI, update-alternatives updates symlinks in /etc/alternatives. So /usr/bin/gcc would have to point to /etc/alternatives/gcc which then points to gcc-8.
But /usr/bin/gcc is provided by the gcc package as a fixed symlink to a specific versioned one, not an alternative. So this seems like an upgrade bug or something: You have a gcc alternative where you should not have one. ** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) => gcc-defaults (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1794949 Title: update-alternatives inconsistent after package upgrade Status in gcc-defaults package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: $ gcc -v ... gcc version 8.1.0 (Ubuntu 8.1.0-1ubuntu1) $ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade ... The following packages will be upgraded: binutils binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu cpp cpp-7 cpp-8 g++ g++-7 g++-8 gcc gcc-7 gcc-7-base gcc-8 gcc-8-base gdm3 gir1.2-gdm-1.0 lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libasan4 libasan5 libatomic1 libbinutils libcc1-0 libcilkrts5 libgcc-7-dev libgcc-8-dev libgcc1 libgdm1 libgomp1 libitm1 liblsan0 libmpx2 libnautilus-extension1a libobjc-7-dev libobjc4 libquadmath0 libstdc++-7-dev libstdc++-8-dev libstdc++6 libtsan0 libubsan0 libubsan1 nautilus nautilus-data python3-distupgrade tzdata ubuntu-release-upgrader-core ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk ... Setting up gcc-7 (7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) ... Setting up g++-7 (7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) ... Setting up gcc (4:7.3.0-3ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up gcc-8 (8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04) ... Setting up g++-8 (8.2.0-1ubuntu2~18.04) ... Setting up g++ (4:7.3.0-3ubuntu2.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... $ gcc -v ... gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) $ update-alternatives --display gcc gcc - auto mode link best version is /usr/bin/gcc-8 link currently points to /usr/bin/gcc-8 link gcc is /usr/bin/gcc slave g++ is /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/gcc-7 - priority 700 slave g++: /usr/bin/g++-7 /usr/bin/gcc-8 - priority 800 slave g++: /usr/bin/g++-8 $ $ ll /usr/bin/gcc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Sep 17 09:07 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-7* So after the upgrades update-alternatives shows that /usr/bin/gcc points to /usr/bin/gcc-8 as it was before the upgrades, when in fact it points to gcc-7. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-defaults/+bug/1794949/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
