Re: dpkg bug

[Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>]

Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:

> On Tue, 09 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> >On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 01:10:21PM +0000, Russell Coker wrote:
> >> dpkg: ../../../main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
> >> /usr/lib/dpkg//methods/apt/install: line 72:  9082 Aborted                 (core dumped) $DPKG --configure -a
> >
> >Does one of the packages depend directly on itself?
> 
> Doesn't appear so.

I had the same problem.  It appeared to be due to something in
libggi-target-x.  I didn't investigate any further.

Bumping up the debugging level in dpkg (eg. "dpkg -D3777 --configure
-a"), should show you where it's dying.

Cheers,

 - Jim