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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2001 04:09:03 -0500
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: setup current problems
References:	<009401c178b4$0d3d92b0$0200a8c0 AT lifelesswks>

Robert Collins wrote:

> I've found the problem with setup, and am preparing a new version now.
> 
> FYI it's an infinite loop caused by the packages autoconf and
> autoconf-devel (amongst others) depending on each other.


Bleah -- but I tested this earlier.  It worked...or at least I thought I 
was exercising the proper code path; I specifically wanted to make sure 
that cyclic dependencies were okay.

I guess my earlier 'test' didn't really *test* what I thought it was 
testing...sorry for the trouble, folks.

BUT: the dependency loop NEEDS to be there -- becuase those packages ARE 
mutually dependent.  It's just that setup needs to traverse the loop 
only once and terminate. :-)

--Chuck

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