Bug#786469: sysvinit-utils, util-linux: can't upgrade - 'installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package'

Control: tag -1 confirmed Hey James, James Cowgill [2015-05-22 0:18 +0100]: I have a system running sid which I haven't upgraded for a few weeks. I was greeted with this just now (apt-get upgrade fails as well, but I used install to make the output smaller). E: This installation run will

Bug#786469: sysvinit-utils, util-linux: can't upgrade - 'installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package'

Package: sysvinit-utils, util-linux Version: sysvinit-utils/2.88dsf-59.2, util-linux/2.26.2-4 Severity: grave Hi, I have a system running sid which I haven't upgraded for a few weeks. I was greeted with this just now (apt-get upgrade fails as well, but I used install to make the output smaller).

Bug#786469: sysvinit-utils, util-linux: can't upgrade - 'installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package'

On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:18:07AM +0100, James Cowgill wrote: E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package util-linux:i386 due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option.