>>>>> On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, Michał Górny wrote:

> Example: many packages have impossible circular dependencies.
> However, Portage conditionally pretends they don't exist, preferring
> some random install-time breakage over fixing the packages in
> question.

Isn't that what the PMS allows, though? RDEPEND must be fulfilled,
"unless the particular dependency results in a circular dependency,
in which case it may be installed later".

Ulrich

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