On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 06:22:55PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: > Hi Bill,
Hello Thomas, I am well aware that removing circular dependencies is usually a pain and that it is easier to report a bug than to fix it, but I think this will induce maintainers to think their dependencies globally. I hope we will get more experience to solve theses issues. > Then there remain: > > -plugins-libgwenhywfar17 <--> libaqbanking0c2a > libqbanking --> libaqbanking0c2a <---+ > ^ | > +-------- libaqhbci8 <---+ > > The gwenhywfar-plugins are a particular headache to remove. > They are applications as far as libaqbanking is concerned, but depend on > the so-Versions of libgwenhywfar. I'm not sure how to break this one. > As to the circular dependency with libaqhbci8, I'm also not sure to > resolve this. > Any suggestions? Is there a possibility for one library to check if the other library is available at run time and replace the Depends by a Recommends ? Eventually apps using the first library can depends on the second (you can even automate that using shlibs). Cheers, Bill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]