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Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:30:12 GMT
From:      Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/151510: ports-mgmt/portupgrade: circular dependencies breaks pkgdb -L
Message-ID:  <201011191330.oAJDUCAG036548@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR ports/151510; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Rene Ladan <rene@freebsd.org>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, hostmaster@gts.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: ports/151510: ports-mgmt/portupgrade: circular dependencies breaks
 pkgdb -L
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:24:04 +0100

 This is not only a problem for portupgrade, but a problem for the Ports
 Collection in its entirety. The Porters Handbook tells that circular
 dependencies are not allowed.
 
 I think a better course of action is to notify the respective
 maintainers of this circular dependency.



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