Bug#765789: dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers

[Sven Joachim]

Control: reassign -1 dpkg
Control: forcemerge 765434 -1

On 2014-10-18 08:03 +0200, L. Guruprasad wrote:

> Package: hicolor-icon-theme
> Version: 0.13-1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Here is the error message shown while installing upgrades
>
> dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
>  chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
>   man-db -> libglib2.0-0:i386
>  packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
>   hicolor-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/hicolor
>   gnome-menus: /usr/share/applications
>   man-db: /usr/share/man
>   menu: /usr/share/menu
>   libglib2.0-0:i386: /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
>   libglib2.0-0:amd64: /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
>   desktop-file-utils: /usr/share/applications
>   mime-support: /usr/lib/mime/packages: /usr/share/applications
> dpkg: error processing package hicolor-icon-theme (--unpack):
>  triggers looping, abandoned

This is a bug in dpkg, see #765434 and friends.

Cheers,
       Sven