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Re: How to resolve circular build dependency?



On Sep 13, 2014 3:01 PM, "Ole Streicher" <debian-devel@liska.ath.cx> wrote:
>
> Dear mentors,
>
> in debian-astro, we have a problem with a circular dependency on two
> packages that are currently prepared [1], [2]:
>
> - the "casacore" needs the "casacore-data" package for unit tests
>
> - the "casacore-data" needs "casacore" to be build from the source data.
>
> The source data of casacore-data are actually independent of casacore,
> so it does not make sense to put both into one common package.
>
> How can this problem be solved?
>

What's about upload casacore with the tests disabled, then upload casacore-data, then re-upload casacore with the tests re-enabled?


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