enters in a infinite loop when run with -d flag

Bug #981566 reported by AndresVia
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aptitude (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

aptitude enters in a infinite loop when run with the -d flag.

Example:

aptitude -d safe-upgrade

Never finish.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: aptitude 0.6.6-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 14 07:57:49 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: aptitude
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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AndresVia (andresvia) wrote :
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Steven Coutts (scoutts) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 975793, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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Daniel Hartwig (wigs) wrote :

Though I was not able to (quickly) reproduce this the attached patch
should fix it.

Could affected users please test and confirm the results.

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