Re: Processed: [holger@layer-acht.org: Re: Processed: reassign 798588 to base]

[Norbert Preining <preining@logic.at>]

tag 798588 + unreproducible
reassign 798588 apt
thanks

Dear apt maintainers,

the bug here states that
	apt-get install --reinstall --purge dpkg install-info
gives errors about 
	could not configure install-info, "probably due to a
	depency cycle"

I tried this on my sid system  and cannot reproduce it:
$ apt-get install --reinstall --purge dpkg install-info
...
Preparing to unpack .../archives/dpkg_1.18.4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dpkg (1.18.4) over (1.18.4) ...
Setting up dpkg (1.18.4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
(Reading database ... 527750 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../install-info_6.1.0.dfsg.1-5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) over (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
$

Also, looking at the dependencies I don't see that dpkg depends on
install-info, so I have no idea where this should come from.

Best

Norbert

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