gcc-4.4 prevents 11.10 upgrade "Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks"

Bug #845253 reported by iMac
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Bug Description

In addition to using the "update-manager -d" this can be seen from the apt command line after the change to oneiric sources.

root@n8-laptop:~# apt-get dist-upgrade -s
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Failed
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libc6-dev : Breaks: gcc-4.4 (< 4.4.6-3ubuntu1) but 4.4.5-15ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libgcc1 : Breaks: gcc-4.4 (< 4.4.6-4) but 4.4.5-15ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

A simple remove solved it for me; I'm surprised that it couldn't "calculate" this.

root@n8-laptop:~# apt-get remove gcc-4.4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gcc-4.4*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 4,903 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 284943 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gcc-4.4 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ..

The apt.log from the update-manager -d command that failed is attached

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.150.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.49-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 8 21:00:27 2011
GConfNonDefault: /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-09-09 (0 days ago)

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iMac (imac-netstatz) wrote :
tags: added: oneiric
removed: natty
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #842454, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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