package hal-info 20081013-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package hal-info is not ready for configuration

[achab]

Binary package hint: hal-info

Ubuntu 8.10
apt-cache policy hal-info
hal-info:
  Installed: 20081013-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 20081013-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 20081013-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Not possible to update to this package.
The command:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
gives:
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:221: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
Aborted

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: package hal-info is not ready for configuration
Package: hal-info 20081013-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: hal-info
Title: package hal-info 20081013-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package hal-info is not ready for configuration
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Can you please reproduce the error and attach the file /var/log/syslog

This is very similar to bug 262451

Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Finally forget about the syslog. sorry.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Can you please open a terminal and run the following command:
dpkg --debug=77777 --configure -a &> /tmp/dpkg--configure-a.log

and attach the file /tmp/dpkg--configure-a.log

Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

thanks. Affecting to dpkg and confirmed.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 262451.