Bug#1028339: apt: Fails to upgrade when a package is broken

[Nicolas Patrois <nicolas.patrois@gmail.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.5.4
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

libfplll8-data is broken because it tries to overwrite a file of
libfplll7-data.
Actually, I have to remove libfplll7-data with apt autoremove (it is obsolete),
but I can’t because apt remove libfplll7-data tries to repair libfplll8-data,
that is broken. libfplll8-data is broken because libfplll7-data is installed
but I can not uninstall it.
This is a vicious circle.
I suggest that apt keeps on installing and configuring packages that are not
broken, or at least that it uninstalls the packages that causes this mess
(libfplll7-data here) before upgrading the package that will be broken
(libfplll8-data here).

Yours,
nicolas patrois


-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build.list.save present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list.save present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.save present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-musicmanager.list.save present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris.list.save present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list.dpkg-new present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list.save present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 5.16.0-6-686-pae (SMP w/3 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.130
ii  base-passwd             3.6.1
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2021.1.1
ii  gpgv                    2.2.40-1
ii  libapt-pkg6.0           2.5.4
ii  libc6                   2.36-8
ii  libgcc-s1               12.2.0-14
ii  libgnutls30             3.7.8-4
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.4-1+b2
ii  libstdc++6              12.2.0-14
ii  libsystemd0             252.4-1

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20211016

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  aptitude        0.8.13-5
ii  dpkg-dev        1.21.17
ii  gnupg           2.2.40-1
ii  gnupg1          1.4.23-1.1+b1
ii  gnupg2          2.2.40-1
ii  powermgmt-base  1.37
ii  synaptic        0.91.2

-- no debconf information