Hi Martin On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 03:54:10PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote: > Bastian Blank [2015-12-16 14:04 +0000]: > > Please report failures with Ubuntu to the Ubuntu bug tracker, not the > > Debian one. > It is (https://launchpad.net/bugs/1032823), but the circular dep is > exactly the same way in Debian, thus why would Debian upgrades not be > be affected? We just don't automatically report them in Debian.
It is your task to show that Debian is affected. I have never seen this problem at all and I would assume a lot more bug reports if this would be show up more often. > dmsetup is already required, so lowering libdevmapper's depends: > dmsetup to recommends should not have any practical consequences other > than fixing this circular dependency and upgrade bug. No, dmsetup is _not_ required, it never was: | Package: dmsetup | Source: lvm2 (2.02.111-2.2) | Section: admin | Priority: optional You mean dmsetup is required in Ubuntu? Then you may have found your problem. apt have some special handling of required and/or essential packages. Regards, Bastian -- Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on. -- Kirk, "A Taste of Armageddon", stardate 3193.9