Strange enough, today the situation was repeated after seemingly unrelated
upgrade.
Part of apt log is attached.
Start-Date: 2014-07-29 13:23:22
Commandline: synaptic
Install: libgvc6:i386 (2.38.0-4, automatic), libcgraph6:i386 (2.38.0-4,
automatic), libgvpr2:i386 (2.38.0-4, automatic), libparted2:i386 (3.1-4,
automatic), libcdt5:i386 (2.38.0-4, automatic)
Upgrade: libraw1394-11:i386 (2.1.0-2, 2.1.0-3), libkpathsea6:i386
(2014.20140528.34243-4, 2014.20140528.34243-5), festvox-ru:i386 (0.5-6,
0.5+dfsg-1), libptexenc1:i386 (2014.20140528.34243-4, 2014.20140528.34243-5),
libpathplan4:i386 (2.26.3-17.1, 2.38.0-4), graphviz:i386 (2.26.3-17.1,
2.38.0-4), libdc1394-22:i386 (2.2.2-1, 2.2.2-3), libpcre3:i386 (8.31-5,
8.35-3), libimobiledevice4:i386 (1.1.6+dfsg-2, 1.1.6+dfsg-3), parted:i386
(2.3-20, 3.1-4), alsa-oss:i386 (1.0.25-1, 1.0.28-1), libxdot4:i386
(2.26.3-17.1, 2.38.0-4), libtk8.6:i386 (8.6.1-5, 8.6.1-6),
libgnutls-deb0-28:i386 (3.2.15-3, 3.2.16-1), poedit:i386 (1.5.4-2, 1.5.4-3),
powertop:i386 (2.5-1, 2.6.1-1), tk8.6:i386 (8.6.1-5, 8.6.1-6), libfltk1.1:i386
(1.1.10-18, 1.1.10-19), libgnutls-openssl27:i386 (3.2.15-3, 3.2.16-1)
Remove: libgvc5:i386 (2.26.3-17.1)
End-Date: 2014-07-29 13:24:34
Start-Date: 2014-07-29 14:32:58
Commandline: synaptic
Purge: libgraph4:i386 (2.26.3-17.1), libgvc5:i386 (), libcgraph5:i386
(2.26.3-17.1), libgvpr1:i386 (2.26.3-17.1), libcdt4:i386 (2.26.3-17.1),
libmowgli2:i386 (1.0.0-4)
End-Date: 2014-07-29 14:33:05