Re: [Devel] Re: Critical bug in APT makes workstation profile uninstallable

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@xxxxxxxxxx>]

[Gaute Hvoslef Kvalnes]
> As I understand it, the limits were set low to avoid problems with
> old versions of dpkg. If the dpkg we use can handle (much?) larger
> file lists, then we can raise the limits high enough to let dpkg
> install all packages in one go.
> 
> Yes, it's a workaround, but it seems to be much easier than making
> apt understand dependency cycles.

It sounds like an OK quickfix for the problem until we get a proper
fix in Debian.