Bug#43765: dpkg: dpkg: ../../../main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' fafailed

[<alex@Aleph.Christen.Net>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.1.6
Severity: normal

Aleph: /var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -R -E -i --force-overwrite .
[...]
Setting up libfile-tools-perl (2.0-1) ...
Setting up mmake (1.17-1.1) ...
dpkg: ../../../main/packages.c:191: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
Aborted

    ------- Broken Optional packages in section devel -------
 U** Opt devel    libgcj0-dev  2.95-2      2.95.1-1    Java runtime library for
    ----- Broken Extra packages -----
    ------- Broken Extra packages in section devel -------
 U** Xtr devel    gcj          2.95.1-0pre 2.95.1-1    The GNU compiler for Java

	      U** Xtr devel    gcj          2.95.1-0pre 2.95.1-1    The GNU compiler for Java


-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux Aleph 2.2.12 #1 Fri Aug 27 14:20:01 CEST 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.2-0pre7    GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii  libncurses4     4.2-3.2        Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  libstdc++2.9-gl 2.91.66-2      The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)