Comment # 12 on bug 1045396 from Michael Andres

(In reply to Dominique Leuenberger from comment #11)
> (In reply to Dominique Leuenberger from comment #9)
> > Option 1 (a small hack):
> > have libcryptsetup4 conflict with device-mapper < 1.02.97
> 
> has been tested and seemed not to work neither to get a more suitable order
> of installs

If libcryptsetup4 requires device-mapper >= 1.02.97, device-mapper should be
installed before, unless you have cyclic deps, then it depends on where the
cycle is broken up. (the conflict does not influence the order).