--- 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.
>
A glance through
/var/abs/core/base/glibc/glibc.install turns up
dependence on
grep
sed
awk
uname (coreutils)
vercmp (pacman)
none of which appear in the glibc depends array, and
all of which depend on glibc.
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