Bug#309604: Bug#309437: libpango1.0-common <-> libpango1.0-0 circular dependencies

[Loïc Minier]

        Hi Bill,

On Tue, May 17, 2005, Bill Allombert wrote:
> libpango1.0-0 depends on libpango1.0-common and libpango1.0-common
> depends on libpango1.0-0.  This is a circular dependency and cause
> problem during woody to sarge upgrade.

On Wed, May 18, 2005, Bill Allombert wrote:
> libgtk2.0-0 and libgtk2.0-common have a circular dependency.
> This can cause problems when upgrading to sarge:

 Thanks for your reports, sadly, this is a known problem with the way
 apt-get calls dpkg, and has nothing to do with pango or gtk themselves.

 The following D-D thread explains in some depth the root cause:
    <http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/01/msg01784.html>
 ... and suggests to document the problem in the RELEASE NOTES with the
 workaround of upgrading apt-get first.
   This was even already reported against gtk, in #296175, and I won't
 argue that circular depends are perfectly valid: the fact is it plainly
 sucks that people have to be bitten by such problems during an upgrade.

 I hope we will find a way to work around this apt-get bug, but any
 dependency change is scaring so close to a release.

   Bye,
-- 
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
"Neutral President: I have no strong feelings one way or the other."