Bug#707813: libc6/debconf: circular predependency hell
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 02:34:04PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 1.5.50
> Severity: important
>
> Hello libc6 maintainers,
>
> There is a circular Pre-Depends loop between debconf, dpkg, libbz2-1.0, libc6,
> libgcc1, liblzma5, libpcre3, libselinux1, multiarch-support, perl-base, tar and
> zlib1g:
>
> One is due to the dependency on debconf and the other on libgcc1.
>
> debconf :Pre-Depends: perl-base (>= 5.6.1-4)
> dpkg :Pre-Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.11), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), tar (>= 1.23)
> libbz2-1.0 :Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
> libbz2-1.0 :Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
> libc6 :Depends: debconf (>= 0.5), libgcc1
> libgcc1 :Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
> libgcc1 :Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
> liblzma5 :Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
> liblzma5 :Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
> libpcre3 :Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3)
> libpcre3 :Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
> libselinux1 :Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcre3 (>= 8.10)
> libselinux1 :Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
> multiarch-support :Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-2)
> perl-base :Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), dpkg (>= 1.14.20)
> tar :Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
> zlib1g :Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
> zlib1g :Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
>
> The dependency graph is at
> <http://debian.semistable.com/dot/zlib1g_unstable.png>
>
Is this really problematic given all thoses packages are actually
installed initially by debootstrap? If yes, what are your suggestions
about how to fix that?
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