Bug#154670: Bug #154670: possible workaround

[Nicholas Weininger <nweininger@pobox.com>]

I also experienced this bug, in exactly the same situation (upgrading 
from 2.2r6 to 3.0r0 with the official CD set), and found a workaround 
that worked for me. I posted a description of the workaround to 
debian-user, which is archived at:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200208/msg01901.html

Basically I first ran "apt-get install dpkg", then "apt-get install 
apt", then reran dselect.

Hopefully the nature of the workaround will shed some light on what can 
be done to fix the bug?

Thanks,
Nicholas Weininger