[Bug 64490] Re: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.

[Ian Jackson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 46530 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46530

Matt Zimmerman writes ("[Bug 64490] Re: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed."):
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 46530 ***
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/46530

It is not normally correct to mark bugs as duplicate in this case,
simply because it's the same assertion that failed.  There may be many
causes for this: there is a wide opportunity for any errors in the
dependency management code to result in this assertion.

The correct approach to debugging it is:

 * Get the /var/lib/dpkg from the offending system.  Normally
   when this bug triggers, running
      dpkg --configure --pending
   with that /var/lib/dpkg will reproduce the bug.

 * Check whether the version in Debian sid has the same bug.
   There have been several such bugs fixed in sid recently.

 * If the version in Debian _does_ have the same bug please
   file the bug in Debian too and also bring it to my attention by
   emailing me at ian at davenant.greenend.org.uk.  I will prepare a fix.

Ian.

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Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/64490
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