Bug#578495: Update manager fails in a smart upgrade

[François Torrès]

Package: update-manager
Version: 0.68.debian-7
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 3.5


The update-manager application issues this message (in French)

Un problème insoluble est apparu lors de l'estimation des mises à  jour 
nécessaires.
Merci de rapporter ce bogue concernant le paquet « update-manager » et 
d'inclure le message d'erreur
suivant :
'E:Erreur, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve a généré des ruptures, ce qui a 
pu être causé par les paquets devant être gardés en l'état.'

Trying to translate it to english :
An insoluble problem appeared when estimating the necessary updates.
Thanks for reporting this bug concerning the "update-manager" package, 
and for including the following error message:
'E:Erreur, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, which may have 
been caused by packages having to be kept as is.'


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages update-manager depends on:
ii  gconf2                   2.22.0-1        GNOME configuration 
database syste
ii  libgnome2-perl           1.042-1+b1      Perl interface to the GNOME 
librar
ii  python                   2.5.2-3         An interactive high-level 
object-o
ii  python-dbus              0.82.4-2        simple interprocess 
messaging syst
ii  python-glade2            2.12.1-6        GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2            2.22.0-1        Python bindings for the 
GNOME desk
ii  python-support           0.8.4lenny1     automated rebuilding 
support for P
ii  python-vte               1:0.16.14-4     Python bindings for the VTE 
widget
ii  software-properties-gtk  0.60.debian-1.1 manage the repositories 
that you i
ii  synaptic                 0.62.1+nmu1     Graphical package manager
ii  update-manager-core      0.68.debian-7   APT update manager core 
functional

update-manager recommends no packages.

Versions of packages update-manager suggests:
ii  update-notifier          0.70.7.debian-5 Daemon which notifies about 
packag

-- no debconf information