[OE-core] [PATCH] package-deb: Ignore circular dependencies
Mark Hatle
mark.hatle at windriver.com
Wed Mar 9 21:47:25 UTC 2016
On 3/9/16 3:30 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
> Hi Mark
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:
>>
>> Just wanted to clarify the above. RPM -does- support self-referencing
>> dependencies. Circular dependencies are different, in that A -> B -> C -> A..
>> those are detected and there is some basic logic to break those.
>
> So if I got it right you are in favour of breaking A->A dependency in
> package_deb.class like is done in this patch?
Yes, but I don't think a warning is necessary.
--Mark
> Thanks and best regards!
>
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