// the dependency is critical, but can't be installed, so discard the candidate
// as the problemresolver will trip over it otherwise trying to install it (#735967)
- if (Pkg->CurrentVer != 0)
+ if (Pkg->CurrentVer != 0 && (PkgState[Pkg->ID].iFlags & Protected) != Protected)
SetCandidateVersion(Pkg.CurrentVer());
return false;
}