RE: .deb dependancy hell
Given the package description (from
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/libgphoto2-port0) ...
"Package: libgphoto2-port0 (2.1.4-1)
The gphoto2 digital camera port library
The gphoto2 port library is used by libgphoto2 to access serial and usb
devices."
... it certainly sounds like the dependency of libgphoto2-port0 on
libgphoto2-2 could be removed, and only libgphoto2-2 on libgphoto2-port0 would
be needed. I haven't looked in the code, though, so I don't know if this is
actually the case.
In any case, you probably should take this issue with a grain of salt anyway.
You are running "unstable", after all. :-)
DR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rosenstrauch, David [mailto:david.rosenstrauch@csfb.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:36 PM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: .deb dependancy hell
>
>
> Whoops - my apologies, then. I didn't read your message
> carefully enough.
>
> DR
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Richard Hoskins [mailto:rhos@adelphia.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:25 PM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: .deb dependancy hell
> >
> >
> > "Rosenstrauch, David" <david.rosenstrauch@csfb.com> writes:
> >
> > > There's rarely (if ever) a circular dependency like that. What
> > > you'll normally see is that package A needs package B,
> and package C
> > > needs package B. Thus package B is usually a shared
> > > component/library that is used by many other apps.
> >
> > It was a circular dependency that prompted my original article.
> > libgphoto2-port0 depends on libgphoto2-2, and libgphoto2-2
> depends on
> > libgphoto2-port0. A needs B, and B needs A. You can't have A OR B.
> > You need A AND B, no matter what you are using them for, or
> what other
> > dependencies exist.
> >
> > Many people replied with ways around this, but the
> dependency exists,
> > and is circular.
> >
> > --
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> > --Bucky Katt
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