[Ian Jackson] > The only argument I've heard against circular dependencies as a > general rule is that they can trigger a particularly stupid (and > probably not very hard to fix) bug in apt,
You seem to have missed the argument that packages with circular dependencies are impossible to install and configure in the correct (dependency) order, and thus will end up being installed and configured in a nondeterministic order instead. It is documented that dpkg try its best to find a sensible order for the packages, but it is bound to fail one way or another if two packages really do need each other to be configured before they are configured. I'm not sure if missed this argument, choose to ignore it, or do not consider it an argument, so I thought it best to repeat it in case you missed it. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
