[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#761670: Bug#761670: impossible to bootstrap build of node-jake and node-utilities: (build-)dependency loop

[Jonas Smedegaard]

severity 761670 important
thanks

Quoting Thomas Goirand (2014-09-15 18:20:43)
> Trying to do a bunch of backports, I came across this issue.
> 
> node-utilities build-depends: node-jake
> node-jake depends: node-utilities
> 
> So, it's impossible to build node-utilities, because it needs 
> node-jake, which cannot be installed, because it depends on 
> node-utilities, which isn't build.
> 
> This cycle has to be broken, otherwise it makes it very hard for 
> porters to bootstrap the rebuild of node-utilities & node-jake.

I agree this is a bug and it needs correcting.  I disagree, however, 
that it is so important that it is better to not ship Jessie with this 
bug than to ship Jessie with this unfixed.

Hence lowering severity.

 - Jonas

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