From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 90523 invoked by alias); 29 Sep 2017 22:39:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 90195 invoked by uid 89); 29 Sep 2017 22:39:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*UA:github.com, H*M:google, perfect X-HELO: mail-oi0-f41.google.com Received: from mail-oi0-f41.google.com (HELO mail-oi0-f41.google.com) (209.85.218.41) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 29 Sep 2017 22:39:07 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f41.google.com with SMTP id i128so1652177oih.6 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:39:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:to:subject:references :user-agent; bh=VV3Ic4yG81GKWNcCUJuDtFVB69F1SxlEWtJFJiotnOQ=; b=HuS2HCP93SF9xM6izPgW85QmhhZxtk5GfAdIPbkKlt8uvVAtP8GnN46cZ9mHUQ7h1t 8iiyjMKn88kWqhlkAAoX1rdIkWZh4+o18zd3qera//qQz7jacBCvf8ZrawbuJG1a2VA+ /7+rsQYrBct8l3DrUjVb6DMLjqi2x1epD5f6qyvWCeq+uAFfm4NgFQer9uYxU101oCwi 9JQkFpGiH6FeppYiHMGxMU6lG+k4U0/rz+piGC2OJcbvONjWxktDqG+7DucRRnXYBAUq m/hBa/Nkiiefj1K5pSFXigUe85rdI89SO0bzCHvY5KYcG9VDbps0OfEV6VPaAQqFgqCP eG7g== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaV1JIA+uLnCgTl8Rv3pKS9mkdX88socoK4xqcJ+TMgh4I+yI/3e CnHQVzULjDgCeJC7IhE0JTjabw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QAV3hmKUv5iPeRpzJzkYQvW24W1okM1Gt+hfRQNghEFAgnUHA6iq093kZqb4Dxq7WUmBnWIPg== X-Received: by 10.202.172.12 with SMTP id v12mr3109081oie.105.1506724745355; Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:39:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skS ([2605:6000:9fc0:56:3c14:e5c4:5a0e:92]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l184sm2492765oig.54.2017.09.29.15.39.04 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:39:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <59cecb88.c1d4ca0a.53569.24bf@mx.google.com> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:54:00 -0000 From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Dependency issues in setup.ini. References: <505405e4-5a2f-8d6b-f012-404bd7d69009@gmx.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.0.1 (github.com/svnpenn/tryst) X-SW-Source: 2017-09/txt/msg00305.txt.bz2 On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:16:17, "Sam Edge (Cygwin)" wrote: > For example we have lots of dependency loops in the 'requires' fields in > setup.ini - even to the point that some packages depend upon themselves! It is the job of the package manager to detect and avoid such loops. No database is perfect - it is up to the good programmer to account for an deal with problem data -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple