[Pkg-freeipa-devel] Bug#977418: Bug#977418: pki-base-java circular dependency with pki-tools

[Timo Aaltonen]

On 15.12.2020 0.47, Bill Allombert wrote:
> Package: pki-base-java
> Version: 10.10.1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello Debian FreeIPA Team,
> 
> There is a circular dependency between pki-base-java and pki-tools:
> 
> pki-base-java 	:Depends: pki-tools
> pki-tools 	:Depends: pki-base-java (= 10.10.1-1)
> 
> Complex circular dependencies are known to cause problems during upgrade, so we
> should strive to avoid them.
> 
> Cheers,

Hmm, the dependency pki-base-java -> pki-tools was added for bug 891370, 
but I wonder if that could be a Recommends instead. The other way it's 
more appropriate to have that Depends, as pki-tools doesn't work without 
pki-base-java.



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