Comment 64 for bug 831768

cjwatson wrote:
> I'm uploading 0.6.6-1ubuntu1 to precise now. However, I'm not closing
> this bug at this point, because I'm not convinced it entirely fixes it
> (and upstream doesn't appear to truly claim that it does).

Correct -- as previously mentioned, the problem resolver is not
intelligent in it's handling of m-a situations.

I was very particular in closing bugs with the changelog.

> The
> directions in the bug description still produce a certain degree of
> chaos; Daniel, do you think you could try those out?

I am sure that they do. I can not say when I will next have sufficient
time to look at this.

I suspect this can be fixed with a relatively minor change, any C++
hackers can investigate the source files
src/generic/problemresolver/* src/generic/apt/aptitude_resolver*
for potential solutions.