Package: util-linux Version: 2.27.1-5 Severity: serious Even with util-linux 2.27.1-5, I still hit a dependency loop that caused apt to refuse to proceed:
util-linux 2.27.1-5 Depends on init-system-helpers (>= 1.29~) init-system-helpers 1.29 Breaks sysvinit-utils (< 2.88dsf-59.3~) sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-59.3 Breaks util-linux (< 2.26.2-3) sysvinit-utils and util-linux are both Essential. Result: ~$ sudo apt install util-linux Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: init-system-helpers libfdisk1 sysvinit-utils Suggested packages: bootlogd sash dosfstools kbd | console-tools util-linux-locales The following NEW packages will be installed: libfdisk1 The following packages will be upgraded: init-system-helpers sysvinit-utils util-linux 3 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/1198 kB of archives. After this operation, 930 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package sysvinit-utils:amd64 due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option. E: Internal Error, Could not early remove sysvinit-utils:amd64 (2)
