Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:15:51 -0400 (EDT) From: hostmaster@gts.net To: arved@FreeBSD.org Cc: ruby@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rene@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/151510: ports-mgmt/portupgrade: circular dependencies breaks pkgdb -L Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.2.00.1107251510180.1491@twin2.gts.net> In-Reply-To: <201107251139.p6PBdbPJ081449@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201107251139.p6PBdbPJ081449@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, arved@FreeBSD.org wrote: |Synopsis: ports-mgmt/portupgrade: circular dependencies breaks pkgdb -L | |State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended |State-Changed-By: arved |State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 25 11:39:08 UTC 2011 |State-Changed-Why: |As rene wrote, this is not a portupbrade bug per se | |http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=151510 I still feel that this kind of cirularity should be detectable by portupgrade pkgdb, and some kind of evasion strategy taken - perhaps with user dialog - thus the user would no longer crippled by such loops to the point where the pkgdb system becomes completely unuseable. Bruce Becker +1 416 410 0879 GTS Network Administration Toronto, Ont. Email: hostmaster@GTS.Infra-service.CA
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