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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New PDEPEND behaviour.
  @ 2007-07-25 14:18 99% ` Doug Goldstein
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From: Doug Goldstein @ 2007-07-25 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw
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Piotr Jaroszyński wrote:
> Hello,
>
> As a result of bug #180045 PDEPENDs can be now merged even before the package 
> that pulls them. Zmedico says that's intended behaviour and PDEPEND is really 
> a RDEPEND, but with a ability to resolve circular deps:
> circular DEPEND <-> RDEPEND can't be resolved while circular DEPEND <-> 
> PDEPEND can.
> Random behaviour occurs when there is a circular RDEPEND <-> PDEPEND, e.g. bug 
> #186517.
>
> We need to update docs or harass zmedico to force PDEPEND to be pulled as soon 
> as possible but not before the pkg that pulls it.
>
>   
Actually in a follow up...

I've read the bugs you've referenced and it just sounds like a bug in 
the Paludis ebuilds not having the proper depends.

This e-mail was just some fear mongering on behalf of Paludis devs.
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