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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] SAT-based dependency solver: request for test cases
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 10:49:34
Message-Id: 1518259763.1474.4.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] SAT-based dependency solver: request for test cases by Ulrich Mueller
1 W dniu sob, 10.02.2018 o godzinie 11∶20 +0100, użytkownik Ulrich Mueller
2 napisał:
3 > > > > > > On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, Michał Górny wrote:
4 > > Example: many packages have impossible circular dependencies.
5 > > However, Portage conditionally pretends they don't exist, preferring
6 > > some random install-time breakage over fixing the packages in
7 > > question.
8 >
9 > Isn't that what the PMS allows, though? RDEPEND must be fulfilled,
10 > "unless the particular dependency results in a circular dependency,
11 > in which case it may be installed later".
12 >
13
14 Yes, and I regret ever adjusting this to match the horribly misjudged
15 Portage behavior.
16
17 --
18 Best regards,
19 Michał Górny