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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new packages has no dependencies
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:38:45
Message-Id: 571E8E4C.5010507@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] new packages has no dependencies by James
1 On 04/25/2016 04:50 PM, James wrote:
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3 > A circular! yippie. So how do I post this bug? Can somebody confirm it?
4 > just weird.....
5 >
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7 It's intentional. In jflex-1.6.1.ebuild, you'll find...
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9 PDEPEND=">=dev-java/javacup-0.11b_p20151001:0"
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11 That's a "post-merge" dependency, and they exist to get around
12 otherwise-circular dependencies:
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14 https://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/dependencies/
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16 Why those two particular packages have circular deps, I can't say.

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[gentoo-user] Re: new packages has no dependencies James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>