Martin-Éric, even with APT::Immediate-Configure set to true, I'm unable to reproduce the failure you see:
$ apt-config dump | grep Immediate APT::Immediate-Configure "true"; $ sudo sh -c 'LC_ALL=C apt-get install libsasl2-2' Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libdb4.6 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: libsasl2-modules Suggested packages: libsasl2-modules-otp libsasl2-modules-ldap libsasl2-modules-sql libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal The following packages will be upgraded: libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/286kB of archives. After this operation, 32.8kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y (Reading database ... 116308 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libsasl2-2 2.1.22.dfsg1-23ubuntu3.1 (using .../libsasl2-2_2.1.23.dfsg1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libsasl2-2 ... Preparing to replace libsasl2-modules 2.1.22.dfsg1-23ubuntu3.1 (using .../libsasl2-modules_2.1.23.dfsg1-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libsasl2-modules ... Setting up libsasl2-modules (2.1.23.dfsg1-1ubuntu3) ... Setting up libsasl2-2 (2.1.23.dfsg1-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place $ Can you attach the output of 'apt-config dump'? What's the history of the system where this bug occurs; what was it originally installed as and how has it been upgraded? -- Dependency cycle prevents upgrade of libsasl2-2 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/194140 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cyrus-sasl2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs