Package: dpkg
Version: 1.14.5
Severity: normal
dpkg version 1.13.23 introduces the new "Breaks" header, and rejects it,
with the full implementation coming in 1.14.6. The package for 1.14.16
has a "Breaks" header. Therefore, anyone who is upgrading from any
version between 1.13.23 and 1.14.5 inclusive to 1.14.16 onwards (as is
now the only option in unstable) will be met with the error message:
dpkg: regarding .../dpkg_1.14.16.1_amd64.deb containing dpkg:
package uses Breaks; not supported in this dpkg
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.14.16.1_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
unsupported dependency problem - not installing dpkg
A chicken and egg situation.
Solving the problem involves either hunting down an intermediate version
or forcing an install against dpkg's better judgement, using
--force-depends, as specified in the diff in bug #375703.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.7 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
dpkg recommends no packages.
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