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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Self-circular dependencies
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:24:39
Message-Id: 200602052022.05599.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Self-circular dependencies by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Sunday 05 February 2006 17:11, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > Another not-so-uncommon issue that crops up: packages DEPENDing upon
3 > themselves. Sometimes this is legit -- one of the Ada compilers, for
4 > example, DEPENDs upon || ( itself another-compiler ). Sometimes,
5 > however, it's the result of eclass screwups.
6
7 your script doesnt take into consideration SLOT's ... the linux-gazette and
8 gcc stuff in your log for example is a false positive
9 -mike
10 --
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Self-circular dependencies Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>