Bug#683847: unblock: sgml-base/1.26+nmu4

[Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 09:15:32AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the explanation. Do you also know whether aptitude and cupt
show the same behaviour?

In any case the conclusion should be that the pre-dependency
sufficiently solves the issue.

Helmut