Bug#1053092: initscripts: cannot upgrade to 3.08-1: APT dependency loop

[Martin-Éric Racine]

Package: initscripts
Version: 3.07-1
Severity: important

$ LC_ALL=C sudo apt-get --option Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=true install initscripts
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
   Removing: udev:i386 as upgrade is not an option for initscripts:i386 (3.08-1)
    Installing linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386 as Depends of linux-image-686:i386
      Installing initramfs-tools:i386 as Depends of linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386
    Installing linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386 as Depends of linux-image-686:i386
      Installing initramfs-tools:i386 as Depends of linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386
    Installing linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386 as Depends of linux-image-686:i386
      Installing initramfs-tools:i386 as Depends of linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386
    Installing linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386 as Depends of linux-image-686:i386
      Installing initramfs-tools:i386 as Depends of linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386
    Installing linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386 as Depends of linux-image-686:i386
      Installing initramfs-tools:i386 as Depends of linux-image-6.5.0-1-686:i386
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 initramfs-tools : Depends: initramfs-tools-core (= 0.142) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages initscripts depends on:
ii  sysv-rc         3.08-1
ii  sysvinit-utils  3.08-1

Versions of packages initscripts recommends:
ii  e2fsprogs  1.47.0-2+b1
ii  psmisc     23.6-1

initscripts suggests no packages.

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