On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:19:03 -0500, Mark Stosberg wrote: > On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 09:52:16AM -0400, John Siracusa wrote: > > If module A uses module B, but module B also uses module A, what do I put in > > PREREQ_PM? Will the CPAN shell be able to handle a circular dependency? > > As I understand, module A is downloaded before it is unpacked to > discover that it depends on module B. So even if B depends on A, you > already have A, so it's not a problem.
"Already have" means that it's somewhere in @INC, or just downloaded and unpacked into the CPAN temp dir? > Assuming that I'm correct, the problem is only avoided because of the > current system design. If the meta data of both was downloaded first, > that could be a potential problem. Hm, I wonder if any existing CPAN modules have circular dependencies... -John
