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Re: dpkg unpack vs. configure



Simplification of the problem discussed:

alternate1
Depends: mainpackage

alternate2
Depends: mainpackage

main:
Depends: alternate1 | alternate2

Virtual packages are not playing an important role in that issue I think.

But here there is really an circular dependency. That is the quake
situation right?

I would say a better formulation would be:

alternate1

alternate2

main
Depends: alternate1 | alternate2

Alternate1 and alternate2 cannot work without something using them. But
that is also the case with all libraries provided by Debian. The C-library
also does not depend on anything and is not useful on its own.

Thus the alternate package need not depend on the main package. The main
package is also the package a installer would choose.

Therefore I still think that circular dependencies are not necessary.

On 1 Jan 1997, Guy Maor wrote:

maor >The virtual package would not depend on something.  The package
maor >providing the virtual package would depend on something.
maor >
maor >pack1
maor >Depends: virt
maor >
maor >pack2
maor >Depends: pack1
maor >Provides: virt
maor >Conflicts: virt
maor >
maor >pack3
maor >Depends: pack1
maor >Provides: virt
maor >Conflicts: virt

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