Bug#362313: xserver-xorg dependency hell

[<allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 11:43:03AM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 1:7.0.10
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello X Strike Force,
> 
> The new modular xserver-xorg create a circular dependency hell:

With version 1:1.0.2-5, things get worse:

Here the new graph:
<http://debian.semistable.com/dot/xserver-xorg-video-vmware_unstable.png>

and here the new list of packages involved:

xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati
xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint
xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810
xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-newport xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv
xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident
xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga
xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware

Here an example of circular depdendencies:

xserver-xorg-core -> xserver-xorg-video-all -> xserver-xorg-video-apm -> xserver-xorg-core

and 

xserver-xorg-core -> xserver-xorg-input-all -> xserver-xorg-input-evdev -> xserver-xorg-core

Cheers
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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