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| From: | Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] SAT-based dependency solver: request for test cases | ||
| Date: | Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:20:22 | ||
| Message-Id: | 23166.51034.422148.490561@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] SAT-based dependency solver: request for test cases by "Michał Górny" |
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| 1 | >>>>> On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, Michał Górny wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Example: many packages have impossible circular dependencies. |
| 4 | > However, Portage conditionally pretends they don't exist, preferring |
| 5 | > some random install-time breakage over fixing the packages in |
| 6 | > question. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Isn't that what the PMS allows, though? RDEPEND must be fulfilled, |
| 9 | "unless the particular dependency results in a circular dependency, |
| 10 | in which case it may be installed later". |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Ulrich |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] SAT-based dependency solver: request for test cases | "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> |