Re: Bug#372658: python-central has a triangular dependency with python and python2.3
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > Circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade between
> > > stable releases, so we should try to get rid of them.
> >
> > both python-central and python-support are implemented in python, and
> > it's unlikely these will be reimplemented in perl ;)
>
> Sure, but why does python2.3 need to depend on python-central? Shouldn't
> it be the case only for packages using pycentral?
Because python2.3 postinst uses pycentral to indicate that a new "python
version" is available (likewise for removal) which in turn will
byte-compile the .py files for the new version or remove the .pyc of that
python version.
Cheers,
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