[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Bug#359158: libgnustep-base1.11 has circular Depends on gnustep-base-common

[Hubert Chan]

reassign 359158 gnustep-base-common
thanks

(Reassigning to gnustep-base-common, so that when libgnustep-base1.12
goes in, this bug will still be current.)

Hi Bill,

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:36:44 +0200, Bill Allombert said:

> There is a circular dependency between libgnustep-base1.11 and
> gnustep-base-common:

> libgnustep-base1.11 :Depends: gnustep-base-common (>= 1.11.2-2)
> gnustep-base-common :Depends: libgnustep-base1.11 (>= 1.11.2)

Yes.  As far as I know, GNUstep applications that link against
libgnustep-base* require the gdnc program (at least), which is in
gnustep-base-common.  And of course gdnc is linked against
libgnustep-base, so gnustep-base-common must depend on libgnustep-base*.

I'm thinking of making libgnustep-base* Recommends: gnustep-base-common
instead of Depends:.  Does anyone know of any breakages that might
happen if I do that?  Since aptitude is the suggested installer for
sarge onwards, and aptitude will pull in Recommends:, this should still
ensure that gnustep-base-common gets installed.

(AFAIK, gnustep-gui will need similar treatment.)

Bill, do you have any other possible suggestions?

Thanks.

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