Version: 1.0.9.8.5 Hi,
I can reproduce this in jessie with systemd-sysv + systemd: # apt-get --reinstall install systemd-sysv systemd 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/2593 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. E: Couldn't configure systemd-sysv:amd64, probably a dependency cycle. but not with the originally reported coreutils + debianutils: # apt-get --reinstall install coreutils debianutils 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/2826 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76, <> line 2.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline (Reading database ... 15138 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../coreutils_8.23-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking coreutils (8.23-4) over (8.23-4) ... Setting up coreutils (8.23-4) ... (Reading database ... 15138 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../debianutils_4.4+b1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking debianutils (4.4+b1) over (4.4+b1) ... Setting up debianutils (4.4+b1) ... Andreas