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Created by Johannes Matheis@jomat

apk won't install package from pinned repo

I need gcc 4.8.3 due to an incompatibility with 4.8.2. The new version is available @edge:

% sudo apk update
fetch http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.0/main/x86\_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
fetch http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86\_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
fetch http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86\_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
v3.0.6-2-g32163f4 [http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.0/main\]
testing [/home/jomat/packages/testing/]
v141022-275-gef56c18 [http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main\]
v141022-275-gef56c18 [http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing\]
OK: 11279 distinct packages available
% apk policy gcc
gcc policy:
4.8.2-r10:
lib/apk/db/installed
etc/apk/cache
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.0/main
4.8.3-r0:
@edge http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main
%

I can’t install it with any of those steps:

% sudo apk -v add gcc@edge
OK: 591 packages, 4764 dirs, 65353 files, 1649 MiB
% sudo apk -v add -u gcc@edge
OK: 591 packages, 4764 dirs, 65353 files, 1649 MiB
% sudo apk add gcc@edge>=4.8.3 |wc -l
0
% sudo apk upgrade —latest
OK: 1649 MiB in 591 packages
%
% sudo apk version gcc
Installed: Available:
gcc-4.8.2-r10 = 4.8.2-r10
%

Attached is my /etc/apk/world where apk already added gcc@edge.
apk —version: apk-tools 2.4.4, compiled for x86_64.

(from redmine: issue id 3493, created on 2014-10-29, closed on 2019-06-11)