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Piotr Jaroszyński wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> As a result of bug #180045 PDEPENDs can be now merged even before the package |
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> that pulls them. Zmedico says that's intended behaviour and PDEPEND is really |
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> a RDEPEND, but with a ability to resolve circular deps: |
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> circular DEPEND <-> RDEPEND can't be resolved while circular DEPEND <-> |
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> PDEPEND can. |
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> Random behaviour occurs when there is a circular RDEPEND <-> PDEPEND, e.g. bug |
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> #186517. |
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> We need to update docs or harass zmedico to force PDEPEND to be pulled as soon |
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> as possible but not before the pkg that pulls it. |
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Actually in a follow up... |
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I've read the bugs you've referenced and it just sounds like a bug in |
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the Paludis ebuilds not having the proper depends. |
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This e-mail was just some fear mongering on behalf of Paludis devs. |
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