[Aptitude-devel] Bug#1073598: Endless loop in aptitude [Was: Package generated by pbuilder-satisfy-depends provokes endless loop]

[Stéphane Glondu]

Control: retitle -1 Endless loop in aptitude

Le 18/06/2024 à 11:04, Stéphane Glondu a écrit :
> Now, coq-iris is unbuildable by pbuilder in sid. This is due to an
> endless loop in aptitude. To reproduce, run the following commands in
> a clean sid chroot (pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy.deb is attached):
> 
>    dpkg -i pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy.deb
>    aptitude -y -o "Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Hints::KeepDummy=reject pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy :UNINST" install pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy

It's not even necessary to use a .deb. In a clean sid chroot:

   apt-get install -y devscripts
   aptitude install -y libtext-csv-xs-perl

will trigger the endless loop.


Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane