Control: severity -1 serious

On Fri, 2014-10-24 at 01:40:41 +0200, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.17.20
> Severity: grave
> Justification: breaks whole package management

Not for everyone, so serious is about right (not much of a difference
but still). :(

> after the upgrade to 1.17.20, dpkg crashes reproducibly with the
> following error message:
> 
> dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:226: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' 
> failed.
> Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> aptitude refuses to make further package changes and says I should run
> "dpkg --configure -a". But if I try that, it crashes again:
> 
> # dpkg --configure -a
> dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:226: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' 
> failed.
> Aborted (core dumped)

Axel has sent me additional (possibly sensitive/personal) status files
off-bts, and I'm tracking it down right now.

Thanks,
Guillem


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