Which package triggers gcc build via yay

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Since a gcc build takes hours, I would like to figure out which package triggers it. Any idea? Thanks.

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What is it rebuilding? Scroll through the buffer and it will tell you. Most aur packages need compiling from source, some are small, some are huge (e.g. browsers).

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gcc itself. I could not change the title to:

Which package triggers via yay a build of gcc itself

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Why would you need to build gcc? It is already build and available in Arch’s repo.

pacman -Ss gcc
core/gcc 13.1.1-1 [installed]
    The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends
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Correct. That is the question. I do not want to build it but
yes | yay
decides that it has to do it. I need to find what triggers it. yes should be omitted but too late.

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What shows pacman -Qs gcc ?

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@ng0177 I think you are misinterpreting normal compilation messages, you have it (gcc) installed from core not aur. Scroll back to the top of the terminal to see what gcc is compiling.

^ oops that was @pebcak 's post :smiley:

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Could you provide more info ? Which version for which architecture ?

I guess it’s an AUR package requiring a particular version of gcc.

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@xircon the build runs for several hours on a high end WS with the terminal being far too short to scroll up.

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@pebcak whilst still running…

z590: ~ $ pacman -Qs gcc
local/gcc 13.1.1-1
    The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends
local/gcc-fortran 13.1.1-1
    Fortran front-end for GCC
local/gcc-libs 13.1.1-1
    Runtime libraries shipped by GCC
local/gcc11 11.3.0-6
    The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends (11.x.x)
local/gcc11-libs 11.3.0-6
    Runtime libraries shipped by GCC (11.x.x)
local/gcc12 12.3.0-2
    The GNU Compiler Collection - C and C++ frontends (12.x.x)
local/gcc12-libs 12.3.0-2
    Runtime libraries shipped by GCC (12.x.x)
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These are installed from AUR. So they will get rebuild evey time there is an update to them.

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Just (try to) remove gcc11. It’ll tell you if something is still depending on it…

sudo pacman -Rs gcc11 gcc11-libs

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I guess, I go for a reinstall of EOS, looks like a mess:

z590: ~ $ sudo pacman -Rns --noconfirm gcc11
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing gcc11 breaks dependency 'gcc' required by dkms
z590: ~ $ sudo pacman -Rns --noconfirm gcc12
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing gcc12 breaks dependency 'gcc12' required by cuda

plus kernel panic. Done.