Control: reassign -1 cracklib-runtime Control: forcemerge -1 cracklib2 Control: severity 854554 grave
David Kalnischkies: > Control: reassign -1 libcrypt-cracklib-perl 1.7-2 > # beware, this is an RC bug! > > [CC'ed cracklib2 & perl maintainers as it seems to be some "funny" > interaction between packages in their responsibility space.] > > [...] > > > That said, educated guess follows: > > Looks like apt acts on libcrypt-cracklib-perl early as it looks simple > enough (after upgrading perl) as the dependency on libcrack2 is already > satisfied at the start of the upgrade (as its a version before jessie). > As the dependencies of libcrack2 are very lightweight (just libc6 which > is done at that point) it might already work if you artificially require > a stretch-version here (= guess, not tested at all). > > > Best regards > > David Kalnischkies, who is in a love-hate relationship with triggers > Hi, Actually, I think a much better solution would be to solve #859307, which would be the correct long term solution and should solve this upgrade issue (as -noawait triggers would not be subject to this problem). Thanks, ~Niels
