On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 04:03:11PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Packages needing fc-cache outside of libfontconfig1 can use the symlink > > /usr/bin/fc-cache -> /usr/lib/libfontconfig1/fc-cache provided by > > fontconfig (which they already depends on). fontconfig will of course > > depend on libfontconfig1 (as it already do). > > > We only want to get rid of the libfontconfig1 depending on fontconfig. > > libfontconfig1 will be able to call /usr/lib/libfontconfig1/fc-cache > > without fontconfig itself being installed. > > Ah, quite -- sorry for not reading more closely.
So would you consider this as an acceptable option? > > > These circular deps > > > aren't pretty, but I don't see that any of the alternatives are actually > > > better. > > > Unless you propose some ways to handle circular deps reliably, it is not an > > esthetic issue at all. > > The actual impact in this case is minimal, AFAIK. I cannot share you optimism. This circular dep is bug #310877 that I reported while investigating bug #310490. At that time this circular dep was really looking harmful. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
