Bug#197188: dpkg: lib/dump.c:180: varbufdependency: Assertion `dop->up == dep' failed.

[Florian Heiderich <florian@heiderich.org>]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.23
Followup-For: Bug #197188

While apt-get dist-upgrade I got the following error:
[...]
Preparing to replace slang1a-utf8 1.4.9dbs-3 (using
.../slang1a-utf8_1.4.9dbs-6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement slang1a-utf8 ...
Setting up slang1a-utf8 (1.4.9dbs-6) ...

dpkg: ../../lib/dump.c:180: varbufdependency: Assertion `dop->up == dep'
failed.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly


After doing a "apt-get --reinstall install slang1a-utf8" I got:
[...]
Preparing to replace slang1a-utf8 1.4.9dbs-6 (using
.../slang1a-utf8_1.4.9dbs-6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement slang1a-utf8 ...
Setting up slang1a-utf8 (1.4.9dbs-6) ...

So I am unable to reproduce the failure.

The following bug reports describe the same problem: #197188 #242799

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii  dselect                     1.10.23      a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

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