Bug#501855: upgrade-reports: initscripts Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop
On 2008-10-11 03:44 +0200, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> Package: upgrade-reports
> Severity: normal
I'm afraid the severity might have to be bumped to grave if other
people see this problem as well.
> I'm trying to upgrade a fresh Etch install to Lenny. I've hit a speedbump, it seems, see below.
> How should I (or a normal user) solve this?
>
> Olaf
>
> # aptitude full-upgrade
[snip]
> E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package initscripts due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.
> E: Internal Error, Could not early remove initscripts
Can you please try "aptitude -s install initscripts"? That might give
an idea which package is causing the dependency loop.
Sven
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