Bug#2834: desect loses state if it can't find a pre-dependancy

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Chris Fearnley writes ("Re: Bug#2834: desect loses state if it can't find a pre-dependancy"):
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> No, I used [I]nstall and that failed as I indicated.  Then I went to
> [S]elect to take libc4 off hold.  Then I went to [I]nstall again and
> it failed and it took me some time to realize that I needed to re-do the
> [A]ccess step.

Ah, do you think perhaps that dpkg upgraded itself while it was busy ?
I changed the format of some of the files in /var/lib/dpkg.  I suppose
I should have put a check or something - I'll do that next time.

Ian.