Bug#45612: apt: Leaves system unstable if some packages fail to install

[martelli@iie.cnam.fr]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.12
Severity: important

Apt may left the system in a very unstable state if some packages fail
to install.  For instance, it happened to me that bash was unpacked
but not configured, and /bin/sh was not there. 

I think that it should try to configure and complete the installation
of as many packages as possible so that important packages do not
remain unconfigured.

-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux lolo 2.2.12 #1 ven aoû 27 14:41:37 CEST 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.2-2        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10   2.95.2-0pre1   The GNU stdc++ library