Re: Removal Conflicts loop

[bruce@va.debian.org]

Remove B, do not remove any packages that depend on B.
Remove A.
Replace B.

> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
> Okay, I just discovered there is another kind of loop that can arise.
> 
> Consider: 
>   Package: A
> 
>   Package: B
>   Version: 1
>   Depends: A
>   
>   Package B:
>   Version: 2
>   Conflicts: A
> 
> Commands to order:
>   Remove A
>   Install B
> 
> What do you do? Remove A will fail because B depends on it, install B will
> fail because it conflicts with A. And as with the perl loop removing B
> will cause problems for B's dependants.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
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