[Piuparts-devel] Pending mass bug filing for broken symlinks detected by piuparts

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

On Sonntag, 2. Juni 2013, Dave Steele wrote:
> >> >> ... and if they are resolved by the package which is calling for this
> >> >> package to be installed, they are no more than 'normal', and so on.
> >> > 
> >> > you mean if the broken symlink is provided by a dependend package? I
> >> > dont think thats a bug at all then.
> >> 
> >> No. The target is provided by a reverse dependency, which is the
> >> normal installation case.
> > 
> > if the missing symlink is "fixed" by a dependent package I don't think
> > there is a bug anywhere. thats what depends are for.
> 
> Not "dependent". It's "reverse dependent". When testing a package, how
> do you guarantee that a reverse dependent package is going to be
> installed? This leads to the strategy of using triggers to add the
> symlinks only when the rdep arrives.

I'm not I can follow you, can you give an example please?


cheers,
	Holger


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