Bug#683847: unblock: sgml-base/1.26+nmu4
On Mon, 08 Oct 2012, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> 1) Add a pre-dependency on dpkg such that dpkg is already upgraded
>    before deconfiguring sgml-base. This does not guarantee to solve the
>    issue, because the old dpkg may still be running, but it makes it
>    highly unlikely.
IIRC when apt upgrades dpkg, it configures it immediately so that any
package processed after dpkg is guaranteed to be processed by the upgraded
dpkg.
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