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Aton

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Registered: 2013-04-02

Posts: 70

[SOLVED] Dependency cycle for libffado and jack2-dbus

When running `pacman -Syu` today, pacman warned me about a circular dependency:

libffado will be installed before its jack2-dbus dependency

Is this something I need to worry about (i.e. file a bug report) or is this a
true circular dependency and I'll be fine if I ignore it?

Last edited by Aton (2015-12-14 15:03:46)

ayekat

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Registered: 2011-01-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Dependency cycle for libffado and jack2-dbus

It's nothing to worry about. Usually pacman just installs the dependencies before the package that depends on it, but in case of a circular dependencies, it has to break that rule to avoid turning in circles infinitely. But nothing will break because of that.

More generally, though, circular dependencies are not very elegant; they get a mention in the weekly automated integrity checks next to missing dependencies and missing makedepends.

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pkgs │ hacks │ cfg │ blag

Aton

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Registered: 2013-04-02

Posts: 70

Re: [SOLVED] Dependency cycle for libffado and jack2-dbus

Thanks!