On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 01:05, Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org> wrote: > * Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.de...@gmail.com>, 2008-10-26, 15:28: >> >> Hello Euan, can you reproduce bug with any packages in Lenny and apt in >> Lenny? >> Otherwise I am going to close it. > > I can reproduce the bug in lenny, squeeze and sid by trying to reinstall > dpkg and coreutils:
The question is: Is it really a bug? Both, dpkg and coreutils are Essential: yes so they pre-depend implicit on each other. As the option --reinstall is used we can assume that the current installed package is broken¹ in a way that it doesn't provide the functionality it should and is better handled as not installed at all - So, which one to install at first if both form a dependency-loop? In that case maybe try to install coreutils while praying to $deity that its maintainerscripts doesn't depend on one of the tools provided by dpkg which is currently broken -- beside that we hope that the used tools from dpkg doesn't need coreutils to work… A lot of praying and hoping involved for a task which is proposed to be performed automatically by APT - at least for my taste… Best regards David Kalnischkies ¹ The --reinstall flag doesn't do any magic, it just reinstalls the package, it doesn't purge, doesn't reset the configuration or anything else, so the only reason a user could have to ask for a reinstall is that he e.g. accidentally removed or overwrote some of the files included in this package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org