From owner-freebsd-ruby@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 19:30:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ruby@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9E11065677; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:30:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hostmaster@gts.net) Received: from ml.GTS.NET (ml.gts.net [204.138.66.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA6198FC15; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (using Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #1 built 2006-Mar-15) from twin2.gts.net ([204.138.66.89:49762]) (helo=twin2) by ml.gts.net ([204.138.66.33:25]) via TCP with esmtp (/origin:L/R:inet_hosts/T:inet_zone_smtp/dest:R) id (sender ) (ident using UNIX) for (body size 759, total 1743 bytes); Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:15:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:15:51 -0400 (EDT) From: hostmaster@gts.net To: arved@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <201107251139.p6PBdbPJ081449@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201107251139.p6PBdbPJ081449@freefall.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (GSO 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: ruby@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rene@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/151510: ports-mgmt/portupgrade: circular dependencies breaks pkgdb -L X-BeenThere: freebsd-ruby@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD-specific Ruby discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:30:18 -0000 On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, arved@FreeBSD.org wrote: |Synopsis: ports-mgmt/portupgrade: circular dependencies breaks pkgdb -L | |State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended |State-Changed-By: arved |State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 25 11:39:08 UTC 2011 |State-Changed-Why: |As rene wrote, this is not a portupbrade bug per se | |http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=151510 I still feel that this kind of cirularity should be detectable by portupgrade pkgdb, and some kind of evasion strategy taken - perhaps with user dialog - thus the user would no longer crippled by such loops to the point where the pkgdb system becomes completely unuseable. Bruce Becker +1 416 410 0879 GTS Network Administration Toronto, Ont. Email: hostmaster@GTS.Infra-service.CA