Re: Circular Dependency
Redefined Horizons wrote:
> Is it possible for a Debian Package to have a circular dependency?
Yes.
> I tried installing the latest stable Debian packages for Eclipse. Synaptic
> told me that eclipse-jdt depended on eclipse-jdt-common, and that
> eclipse-jdt-common depended on eclipse-jdt.
> Is this possible?
Yes.
Is it a problem with the packages themselves?
Yes.
> If so, how do I let the package maintainer know?
You could report a bug [1] against affected packages, but first you
should make sure that it is still not fixed in the latest unstable
version. (it does not seem to be fixed in Eclise)
[1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
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