On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 08:36:53PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > Control: tags -1 pending > > Simon, > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 05:46:32PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > > I think I have finally got to the bottom of this. As you suspected it is > > apt's > > invocation of dpkg. See #935910. > > This has now been fixed in apt 1.9.4 (experimental). > > I propose to add > > Breaks: apt (<< 1.9.4) > > to the libelogind0 stanza in d/control. > > In my testing with apt v1.9.4 system breakage is avoided. After the systemd > prerm fails, dpkg returns immediately and apt is still available to fix the > system.
Actually, Julian has just uploaded apt 1.8.4 with the same fix to unstable. On irc he also said there was little point in adding the Breaks: as apt doesn't rexec itself. I suppose the only thing it might achieve is to ensure apt had been updated to the latest version already. Mark
