Re: Getting rid of circular dependencies
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 04:57:58PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 05:21:51PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > `Depends'
> > This declares an absolute dependency. A package will not be
> > configured unless all of the packages listed in its `Depends'
> > field have been correctly configured.
>
> This phrasing is obviously wrong as you can install packages with
> circular dependencies. This phrasing say exactly what Pre-Depends is.
>
> Depends should be described as follows:
>
> `Depends'
> This declares an absolute dependency. A package will not be
> configured unless all of the packages listed in its `Depends'
> field have been correctly unpacked.
This is incorrect. Depends is as described in policy, with the addition
that dpkg will arbitrarily break loops.
For the meaning of Pre-Depends, see policy.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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