man-db's triggers are "interest-noawait" precisely in order to avoid this kind of loop (compare https://bugs.debian.org/707129), so I think this can only be a dpkg bug.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #707129 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=707129 ** Package changed: man-db (Ubuntu) => dpkg (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1882677 Title: package man-db 2.9.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1882677/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
