hanasaki wrote:
handle of cyclic dependencies in Debian packages
how does Apt handle cyclic dependencies?
ie: a dep b dep (c and d)
and c dep b
apt installs the packages at the same time (well, sequentially, actually) and tells dpkg not to panic on the first package while it installs the dependencies.
if b dep c(ver >= 5)
and c ver 5 dep b
and c ver 6 has no dep
is c ver 6 chosen to avoid the cycle?
how?
That's based on your apt preferences and sources. Whatever the lowest common denominator is - gets installed unless overridden.
-- Daniel