Package: debian-security-support Version: 2014.09.07 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software
debian-security-support causes trigger loops, breaking other packages' upgrades. To reproduce, try this in a minimal chroot:
# apt-get install debian-security-support gettext man-db [SNIP] # apt-get install --reinstall gettext gettext-base 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/1360 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed (Reading database ... 11727 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../gettext-base_0.19.2-3_i386.deb ... Unpacking gettext-base (0.19.2-3) over (0.19.2-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../gettext_0.19.2-3_i386.deb ... Unpacking gettext (0.19.2-3) over (0.19.2-3) ... dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers: chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible: debian-security-support -> man-db packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable: debian-security-support: /usr man-db: /usr/share/man dpkg: error processing package debian-security-support (--unpack): triggers looping, abandoned Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-2) ... Not building database; man-db/auto-update is not 'true'. Errors were encountered while processing: debian-security-support E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: amd64 Kernel: Linux 3.16-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages debian-security-support depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.53 ii gettext-base 0.19.2-3 -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
