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  2. Bug #1497688
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Comment 2 for bug 1497688

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: package systemd-sysv (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv

There is a whole chain of failures:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of systemd:
 systemd depends on libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4.3); however:
  Package libcryptsetup4 is not configured yet.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcryptsetup4:
 libcryptsetup4 depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.90); however:
  Package libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64:
 libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 depends on dmsetup (>= 2:1.02.90-2ubuntu1); however:
  Package dmsetup is not configured yet.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dmsetup:
 dmsetup depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.90); however:
  Package libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 is not configured yet.

So this is a cyclic dependency between dmsetup and libdevmapper1.02.1.