On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 09:15:32AM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Mon, 08 Oct 2012, Helmut Grohne wrote: > > 1) Add a pre-dependency on dpkg such that dpkg is already upgraded > > before deconfiguring sgml-base. This does not guarantee to solve the > > issue, because the old dpkg may still be running, but it makes it > > highly unlikely. > > IIRC when apt upgrades dpkg, it configures it immediately so that any > package processed after dpkg is guaranteed to be processed by the upgraded > dpkg.
Thanks for the explanation. Do you also know whether aptitude and cupt show the same behaviour? In any case the conclusion should be that the pre-dependency sufficiently solves the issue. Helmut -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

