Bug#68585: looks like it applies holds too late
Looking more closely (because it's especially bad for multiarch), I see that
it appears to be caused by applying holds too late.
Let's say we have the following versions and dependencies:
A=1 (installed)
A=2 Breaks: B
B (installed, held)
C (installed) Depends: B
(or any similar scenario, in my case A having available versions A:amd64-2
and A:i386-1, B:i386 depending on A:i386)
If the resolver wants to upgrade A to version 2, it will decide that it
needs to remove B and C. It only then processes holds, marking B and
(transitively) A as kept. C still remains marked for removal, even though
any reason to do so is gone.
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