Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.5.6 Severity: normal Hi,
bar 2 has "Breacks: foo (<= 1)". Updating bar and foo in the "wrong" order gives: m...@frosties:~/t% sudo dpkg --auto-deconfigure -i bar_2_all.deb foo_2_all.deb dpkg: considering deconfiguration of foo, which would be broken by installation of bar ... dpkg: yes, will deconfigure foo (broken by bar). (Reading database ... 176362 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace bar 1 (using bar_2_all.deb) ... De-configuring foo ... Unpacking replacement bar ... Replacing files in old package foo ... Preparing to replace foo 1 (using foo_2_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement foo ... More than one copy of package foo has been unpacked in this run ! Only configuring it once. Setting up bar (2) ... Setting up foo (2) ... MfG Goswin -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.6-xen-2010.02.18 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 8.4-1 GNU core utilities ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.7.25.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-bugs-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org