Bug#314529: base-config wants to remove a valid mail system and install unwanted packages

["Martin A. Brooks" <martin@hinterlands.org>]

Package: base-config
Version: 2.53.10
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software

Hi

When I attempt to install base-config, I am told:

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The following packages will be automatically REMOVED:
  exim4-daemon-heavy tasksel
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  exim4-daemon-light ppp pppconfig pppoe pppoeconf
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  exim4-daemon-heavy tasksel
The following packages will be upgraded:
  base-config base-files
2 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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This is bogus for two reasons:

1) Installing exim4-daemon-light would hose my perfectly working mail
system.
2) I have no need for any of these ppp packages.
	

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages base-config depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.63             Add and remove users and groups
ii  apt                     0.5.28.6         Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  bsdutils                1:2.12p-4        Basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite
ii  console-data            2002.12.04dbs-49 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii  console-tools           1:0.2.3dbs-56    Linux console and font utilities
ii  debconf                 1.4.30.13        Debian configuration management sy
ii  debianutils             2.13.2           Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  gettext-base            0.14.4-2         GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  passwd                  1:4.0.3-31sarge5 change and administer password and

-- debconf information:
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone_single: true
  base-config/menu/mta:
  tzconfig/select_zone:
  tzconfig/verify_choices: true
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone/BR: East
  base-config/intro:
  apt-setup/security-updates: true
  apt-setup/another: false
  base-config/title:
  base-config/menu/finish:
  debian-installer/language: en_GB:en_US:en_GB:en
  base-config/late_command:
  apt-setup/mirror: ftp.uk.debian.org
  base-config/start-display-manager: true
  base-config/menu/apt-setup:
  base-config/menu/keyboard:
  tzconfig/title:
  debian-installer/country: GB
  apt-setup/directory: /debian/
  base-config/install-problem: true
  tzconfig/change_timezone: false
  base-config/menu/hostname:
  apt-setup/cd/another: false
  apt-setup/non-free: false
  apt-setup/badedit:
  mirror/suite: testing
  apt-setup/baddir:
  base-config/menu/pkgsel:
  base-config/menu/timezone:
  base-config/menu/intro:
  base-config/menu/passwd:
  apt-setup/hostname: ftp.uk.debian.org
  base-config/menu/pon:
  base-config/login:
  tzconfig/gmt: true
  apt-setup/title:
  mirror/http/proxy:
  apt-setup/contrib: false
  base-config/main-menu: Finish configuring the base system
  base-config/early_command:
  tzconfig/geographic_area:
  apt-setup/cd/dev: /dev/cdrom
  apt-setup/country: Britain (UK)
  debian-installer/keymap: uk
  apt-setup/badsource:
  base-config/use-ppp: false
  apt-setup/uri_type: http
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone/US: Eastern
  apt-setup/not-mirror:
  base-config/get-hostname: mute
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone_multiple: Europe/London (Great Britain)
  tzconfig/choose_country_zone/CA: Eastern
  apt-setup/security-updates-failed:
  base-config/menu/shell:
  apt-setup/cd/bad:
  base-config/invalid-hostname: