Comment 3 for bug 634085

Below is my aptitude history:

Start with a basic install.
Patch the basic install.
6: Install ssh so I can continue loading from a remote workstation.
8: Install Sun's version of Java
11: Remove some packages I never use.
13: The main command to load a bunch of packages I use. This has always worked in the past but about a dozen or so of the packages fail to install.
22: I get the message saying Ice has to be removed.
29: I get the message again.
32: I go ahead and install vsftpd
33: I reinstall Ice
59: I install a package (tdsodbc) that previously failed to load. Loads fine.
71: I run command #22 again and it works fine. Everything seems okay at this point.

I have run variations of these aptitude commands before on previous Ubuntu versions and never had a problem. I don't know if this was a one-time anomaly based on a glitch in my particular environment or if there is a "real" problem.

root@madrid:~# history | grep aptitude
    1 aptitude update
    2 aptitude safe-upgrade
    5 aptitude update
    6 aptitude install ssh
    7 aptitude search java | grep sun
    8 aptitude install sun-java6-jdk
   11 aptitude remove nautilus-sendto-empathy empathy empathy-common gwibber gwibber-service
   12 aptitude search libace
   13 aptitude install -y ssh build-essential automake autoconf flex bison byacc libxerces-c2-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-dbg libboost-doc libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-graph-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-serialization-dev libboost-signals-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-wave-dev libboost-math-dev vsftpd freetds-dev tdsodbc libiodbc2 erlang-base erlang-dev erlang-examples erlang-mode erlang-nox erlang-src erlang-x11 libjtds-java libace-5.6.3 libace-dev libace-doc libace-htbp-5.6.3 libace-htbp-dev libace-qtreactor-5.6.3 libace-qtreactor-dev libace-rmcast-5.6.3 libace-rmcast-dev libace-ssl-5.6.3 libace-ssl-dev libace-tmcast-5.6.3 libace-tmcast-dev libacexml-5.6.3 libacexml-dev zeroc-ice libaio-dev libaio1 libaio1-dbg linux-kernel-headers openssl libssl-dev sysstat qt4-demos qt4-designer qt4-dev-tools qt4-doc qt4-doc-html qt4-qtconfig qtcreator qtcreator-doc libqt4-sql-odbc adobe-flashplugin adobereader-enu eclipse eclipse-jdt audacity kmahjongg
   21 aptitude update
   22 aptitude build-dep eclipse
   29 aptitude install vsftpd
   30 aptitude search libice
   31 aptitude search zero
   32 aptitude install vsftpd
   33 aptitude install zeroc-ice33
   59 aptitude install tdsodbc
   71 aptitude build-dep eclipse