[Bug 975793] Re: 'aptitude safe-upgrade -d -y' enters infinite loop

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Title:
  'aptitude safe-upgrade -d -y' enters infinite loop

Status in aptitude:
  New
Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When executing thoses commands, aptitude loops infinitely :

  aptitude clean && aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade -d -y

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: aptitude 0.6.6-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Apr  7 10:36:46 2012
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: aptitude
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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