On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 08:19:04PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > > Package that need to use fc-cache will depend on fontconfig and use > > /usr/bin/fc-cache, with the single exception of libfontconfig1 that > > will call /usr/lib/libfontconfig1/fc-cache directly. > > > > Would not that work ? > > That would work, although it's quite a hassle. Keith, I can prepare such > a package if you want. > > BTW, could you post bug reports to gconf2 and gnome-vfs2? They are > similar, but have specific issues I'd like to discuss.
Sure, though I am happy to discuss on debian-devel. I am expecting we can find novel ways to handle dependencies that will reduce the dependency hell. This is the occasion to consider dependencies distribution-wide instead of package-wide. I certainly don't want to force wrong solutions on maintainers. > > I don't think there is any way to handle circular deps reliably, since > > this is essentially a NP-hard problem. > > Which problem exactly is NP-hard? Having circular dependencies is a > fact, not a problem. Deciding whether you can upgrade a set of packages, and in which order you need to configure them. Normally you just take the root of the dependency tree and move up. Add to that a maintainer script might fail if the dependencies are not configured when it is ran. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
