Bug#38393: dpkg: dpkg assertion failure: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed. (+ possible patch)

[Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <gaia@iki.fi>]

On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 10:29:38PM -0700, Carl R. Witty wrote:
> As mentioned in the subject, dpkg dies with an assertion failure.  

This bug has already been reported, multiple times.  Thanks for the
patch, though.

> So my patch is just to comment out that code:

That code is probably there for a reason.  Can you assure us
that your patch does not break things horribly?

(Yes, I've tracked that bug that far myself too, but since I did not write
dpkg nor is the code well documented, I cannot be sure what is the correct
fix. The current problem is mostly harmless - it's annoying at most - and
has an easy workaround [--force-depends], so I wouldn't try to fix it unless
i knew what the fix does and why it does not break other stuff.)

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