Bug#375872: libgtk-java has circular Depends on libgtk-jni

Bill Allombert ballombe at debian.org
Wed Jun 28 15:56:50 UTC 2006


Package: libgtk-java
Version: 2.8.4-1
Severity: important

Hello Debian Java maintainers,

There is a circular dependency between libgtk-java and libgtk-jni:

libgtk-java 	:Depends: libgtk-jni (= 2.8.4-1)
libgtk-jni 	:Depends: libgtk-java (= 2.8.4-1)

Circular dependencies involving libraries are known to cause problems
during upgrade between stable releases, so we should try to get rid of them.

See threads 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/06/msg02111.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg01101.html

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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