[Aptitude-devel] Bug#669093: Bug#669093: E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in SmartConfigure for ..., aborting

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Vincent,

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.6.6-1+b1
> Severity: important
> 
> When I want to upgrade with aptitude 0.6.6-1+b1 from its ncurses
> interface, I get the following error:
> 
> ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
> │E: Internal error: APT::pkgPackageManager::MaxLoopCount reached in           ▒│
> │   SmartConfigure for libkeyutils1:amd64, aborting                           ▒│
> │                                    [ Ok ]                                    │
> └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
> 
> This is always reproducible, even after quitting aptitude.
> There's a workaround: type "aptitude install" from the
> command line, and everything is fine.
> 
> Note: this looks similar to
> 
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=669044
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=669060
> 
> reported against apt 0.9.0, but I have apt 0.8.15.10 only
> (I haven't upgraded apt itself yet).

Hrm. Should aptitude 0.6.6-1+b1 work together with the old apt at all?

If not, then some proper dependencies may be missing in the
binary-rebuild.

		Regards, Axel
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