Bug#237470: Can't reinstall coreutils and debianutils at the same time.

[Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>]

Version: 1.0.9.8.5

Hi,

I can reproduce this in jessie with systemd-sysv + systemd:

# apt-get --reinstall install systemd-sysv systemd
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not
upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/2593 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
E: Couldn't configure systemd-sysv:amd64, probably a dependency cycle.

but not with the originally reported coreutils + debianutils:

# apt-get --reinstall install coreutils debianutils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/2826 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76, <> line 2.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
(Reading database ... 15138 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../coreutils_8.23-4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking coreutils (8.23-4) over (8.23-4) ...
Setting up coreutils (8.23-4) ...
(Reading database ... 15138 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../debianutils_4.4+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking debianutils (4.4+b1) over (4.4+b1) ...
Setting up debianutils (4.4+b1) ...


Andreas