Hi Peter, On Friday 26 May 2006 14:59, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> Tim Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: xtide-data > > Version: 20040203-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > There's a circular dependancy here. > > How so? > > > I think xtide-data shouldn't depend > > on xtide. The invoke-rc.d stuff will work fine if the xtide package isn't > > installed. > > xtide-data only depends on xtide because it is of no real use without > it, not because of the invoke-rc.d stuff. > If you install xtide you get xtide-data automatically, If you're using aptitude or something that records this fact then if you remove xtide you also remove xtide-data. Everything works with just the recommends dpend from xtide to xtide-data. If someone comes up with another program that can read xtide-data they may want their program to depend on xtide-data too, ther would be no need for xtide to be installed. > Can you tell me what is the circular dependency that I'm missing? It's when package A depends on package B and package B depends on package A. If they really do depend (i.e. break if the other isn't there then they should be both put in one package. > > Thanks, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
