Bug#1209: lost bug report? dpkg and dependencies

[Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>]

Raul Miller writes ("Bug#1209: lost bug report? dpkg and dependencies"):
> I seem to recall something being rejected because gcc wasn't
> configured yet, followed immediately by gcc being configured.
> There've been more examples since them, but I remember them even less
> clearly.

Hmm.  I shall try to reproduce the bug from your description.

If I'm unable to do so and you don't see it happen again I shall have
to close it, though it's entirely plausible that a bug like this
exists.

If you (or anyone else) manage to make it reproducible, the
appropriate debug flag is -D440 (which gives extra-verbose output
about conflicts and dependencies).

> If I happen across this again, I'll file more detail.

Thanks.

Ian.