Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: aptitude

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=feisty
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.04"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a
Linux hermbuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Thu Jun 7 20:19:32 UTC 2007 i686 
GNU/Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall ~i~Afeisty
Password:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done      
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  acpi acpi-support acpid adduser aespipe alacarte alsa-base alsa-utils 
  anacron apache2 apache2-mpm-worker apache2-utils apache2.2-common apmd 
  app-install-data app-install-data-commercial apport apport-gtk appres apt 
  apt-utils aptitude aspell aspell-en at at-spi avahi-autoipd avahi-daemon 
  banshee base-files base-passwd bash bc beforelight belocs-locales-bin 
  bind9-host binfmt-support binutils binutils-static bitmap bittorrent blt 
  blubuntu-gdm-theme bluez-cups bluez-gnome bluez-pin bluez-utils boo 
  brltty brltty-x11 bsdmainutils bsdutils bsh bug-buddy build-essential 
  busybox-initramfs bzip2 ca-certificates capplets-data cdparanoia cdrdao 
  cdrecord checkinstall cli-common command-not-found command-not-found-data 
  compiz compiz-core compiz-extra compiz-gnome compiz-gtk compiz-plugins 
  console-setup console-terminus console-tools contact-lookup-applet 
  coreutils cpio cpp cpp-4.1 cron cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client 
  cupsys-common cupsys-driver-gutenprint dash dbus dbus-1-utils dc dcraw 
  debconf debconf-i18n debianutils defoma deskbar-applet desktop-base 
  desktop-effects desktop-file-utils dhcdbd dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dia 
  dia-common dia-libs dictionaries-common diff discover1 discover1-data 
  diveintopython dmidecode dmsetup dnsutils doc-base docbook-xml dosfstools 
  dpkg dpkg-dev dselect dvd+rw-tools e2fslibs e2fsprogs ed edgy-gdm-themes 
  editres eject ekiga emacs emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common 
  emacsen-common eog esound esound-common espeak espeak-data ethereal 
  ethtool evince evolution evolution-common evolution-data-server 
  evolution-data-server-common evolution-exchange evolution-plugins 
  evolution-webcal example-content f-spot fdutils feisty-gdm-themes 
  feisty-session-splashes feisty-wallpapers file file-roller findutils 
  finger firebird2-common firefox firefox-gnome-support flashplugin-nonfree 
  fontconfig fontconfig-config foo2zjs foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine 
  foomatic-db-hpijs foomatic-filters fortune-mod fortunes-min fping 
  freeglut3 fstobdf ftp fuse-utils g++ g++-4.1 gaim gaim-data gamin 
  gcalctool gcc gcc-3.3-base gcc-4.1 gcc-4.1-base gcj-4.1-base gconf-editor 
  gconf2 gconf2-common gdb gdebi gdebi-core gdm gdm-themes gedit 
  gedit-common genisoimage gettext gettext-base gftp gftp-common gftp-gtk 
  gftp-text gij gij-4.1 gimp gimp-data gimp-help-common gimp-help-en 
  gimp-print gimp-python gksu gnome-about gnome-accessibility-themes 
  gnome-app-install gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-btdownload 
  gnome-cards-data gnome-compiz-manager gnome-control-center 
  gnome-cups-manager gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-utils gnome-games 
  gnome-games-data gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnome-keyring-manager 
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  gnome-mount gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-nettool gnome-orca gnome-panel 
  gnome-panel-data gnome-pilot gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-power-manager 
  gnome-screensaver gnome-session gnome-spell gnome-system-monitor 
  gnome-system-tools gnome-terminal gnome-terminal-data gnome-themes 
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  gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps 
  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-tools 
  gstreamer0.10-x gthumb gtk-gnutella gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-pixbuf 
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  hal-device-manager hal-info hdparm hellanzb hexedit hicolor-icon-theme 
  hostname hotkey-setup hpijs hplip hplip-data human-cursors-theme 
  human-icon-theme human-theme hwdb-client-common hwdb-client-gnome iceauth 
  icedax ico ifupdown info initramfs-tools initscripts inputattach 
  installation-report intltool-debian iproute iptables iputils-arping 
  iputils-ping iputils-tracepath iso-codes jackd java-common k3b kamera 
  kcontrol kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-data 
  kdelibs4c2a kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdesktop kicker klibc-utils klogd 
  landscape-client language-pack-en language-pack-en-base 
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  libdatrie0 libdb4.2 libdb4.3 libdb4.4 libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 
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  libmono-system-data1.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil 
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  libmysqlclient15-dev libmysqlclient15off libnautilus-burn4 
  libnautilus-extension1 libncurses5 libncursesw5 libndesk-dbus-glib1.0-cil 
  libndesk-dbus1.0-cil libneon25 libneon26 libnet-dbus-perl libnewt0.52 
  libnfsidmap2 libnjb5 libnl1-pre6 libnm-glib0 libnm-util0 libnotify1 
  libnspr4 libnss-mdns libnss3 libntfs-3g0 libogg-dev libogg0 liboggflac3 
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  memtest86+ mesa-utils metacity metacity-common mii-diag mime-support 
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  mozilla-plugin-vlc mplayer mplayer-skins mscompress mtr-tiny 
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  net-tools netbase netcat netkit-inetd network-manager 
  network-manager-gnome nfs-common nmap notification-daemon ntfs-3g ntpdate 
  nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common oclock odbcinst1debian1 onboard 
  openoffice.org openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc 
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  openoffice.org-style-industrial openoffice.org-style-tango 
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  python-xml python-zopeinterface python2.5 python2.5-minimal radeontool 
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  scim-modules-socket scim-modules-table scim-tables-additional screen 
  screensaver-default-images scrollkeeper sed serpentine sessreg sg3-utils 
  sgml-base sgml-data shared-mime-info slocate smartdimmer smbclient 
  smproxy software-properties-gtk sound-juicer ssh ssh-askpass-gnome 
  ssl-cert startup-tasks strace subversion sudo sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jdk 
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  system-tools-backends sysv-rc sysvutils tangerine-icon-theme 
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  tcpdump telnet tethereal thunderbird-locale-en-gb time tk8.4 tomboy 
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  unzip update-inetd update-manager update-manager-core update-notifier 
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  xlsfonts xmag xman xmessage xml-core xmodmap xmore xorg xpmutils xprop 
  xrandr xrdb xrefresh xresprobe xrgb xsane xsane-common xscreensaver-data 
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  xserver-xorg-input-elographics xserver-xorg-input-evdev 
  xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse 
  xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom 
  xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark 
  xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus 
  xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy 
  xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 
  xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810 xserver-xorg-video-imstt 
  xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic 
  xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv 
  xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 
  xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage 
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis 
  xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga 
  xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng 
  xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga 
  xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware 
  xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xset xsetmode xsetpointer xsetroot xsltproc xsm 
  xstdcmap xterm xtrap xutils xutils-dev xvidtune xvinfo xvncviewer xwd 
  xwininfo xwud yelp zenity zip zlib1g zlib1g-dev 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1365 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not 
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Writing extended state information... Done
E: Couldn't configure pre-depend coreutils for debianutils, probably a 
dependency cycle.
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty restricted main multiverse 
universe #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted 
multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-updates main restricted 
multiverse #Added by software-properties

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted 
universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty-backports main restricted 
universe multiverse

deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-security main restricted 
multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-security restricted main 
multiverse universe #Added by software-properties
deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-security universe
deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed restricted main 
universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-proposed restricted main 
universe multiverse #Added by software-properties
deb http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-backports restricted main 
universe multiverse
deb-src http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca/ubuntu/ feisty-backports restricted main 
universe multiverse #Added by software-properties

deb http://archive.canonical.com edgy-commercial main
deb http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial main


Any ideas why we hit this dependency cycle?

** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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coreutils and debianutils dependency cycle on reinstall command
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124895
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