> APT currently in wheezy can't as well (as it's more or less the same code). > Quiet a few very complex problems with the ordering are "well" known - > so well that we even had a GSoC project this year to have someone to > work on these longstanding issues. > And indeed a few preliminary tests with Chris Baines code are promising > that even this specific problem is fixed (and the follow-up "error", even > through APT ignores this one for the sake of the universe) Thanks David for trying this out with my code, I have been trying to get around to working out exactly what state this problem was in and having a look at it my self, but I had not managed to as of yet. I ran the helpful test case you provided with my code (output attached). Have you noticed any way in which dealing with this problem can be improved (in my code), it appears to work in the test case, I have not tried it in reality? Thanks, Chris
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