[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#647892: Bug#647892: build-dependency loop in hscolour/haskell-devscripts

[Joachim Breitner]

Hi Riku,

Am Montag, den 07.11.2011, 13:36 +0200 schrieb Riku Voipio:
> Package: hscolour
> Version: 1.19-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> haskell-devscripts depends on hscolour, while hscolour build-depends on
> haskell-devscripts. with force-depends installed haskell-devscripts,
> hscolour builds fine. So it appears not all funtionality of haskell-devscripts
> depends on hscolour.
> 
> This could be solved by 
> 
> 1) making hscolour not build-depend on haskell-devscripts.
> 2) splitting haskell-devscripts to two packages, one with the hscolour using
> scripts, one with rest scripts.

we are considering to add hscolour as a Build-Dependency to ghc even...

The current setup works fine for everyone but those bootstrapping a new
architecture. For those few, I find it reasonable to expect them to do
what you did, e.g. force-install haskell-devscripts (or ghc, once it
build-depends on hscolour). Things would be easier if aba’s proposal
about Build-Depenes-Stage1 or however it will be called will be
implemented.

Where would you, as a porter, first look for information about breaking
such cycles? README.source?

Greetings,
Joachim

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