On Nov 16, 2007 6:04 AM, Thomas Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roman Kyrylych schrieb:
> >> bash 3.2.025-2 -> depends on readline>=5.2
> >> readline 5.2-5 -> depends on ncurses
> >> ncurses 5.6-6 -> depends on glibc
> >> glibc 2.7-7 -> depends on bash -> oops!
> >>
> >> But it looks like there are other ones as well.
> >>
> >
> > I'd say we remove glibc dependency from ncurses or bash dependency
> > from glibc. :-/
> > /me scratches his head
>
> This cyclic dependency cannot be avoided: bash needs glibc to be
> executed, but glibc needs bash in its post_install.

I do know one way to resolve this.... we can ship something like dash
for /bin/sh _only_ and depend on that... sounds like a headache, but
it'd work
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