On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 08:50:56PM +0100, A.R. (Tom) Peters wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, GOTO Masanori wrote: > > Hmm, it's bad. Circular dependency is happened here. > > > > Colin, should we remove "depends: libc6" from libdb1-compat? > > libc6 and libdb1-compat are "priority: required" files, so > > removal of depends libc6 does not cause problem, I think... > > Why not remove the dependency on libdb1-compat from libc6 instead? > I understand that libdb1-compat is a compatibility library for old > binaries. What is in that package that the so much more fundamental Unix > system library needs?
It is necessary for compatibility until the release of sarge. At that point, libdb1-compat will be lowered to extra and the dependency on it will be removed from libc6. See the changelogs, and the bugs fixed by the introduction of libdb1-compat, for details. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]