(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).