[wpkg-users] [Bug 117] Dependencies ignore priority

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http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117


Rainer Meier <r.meier at wpkg.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Rainer Meier <r.meier at wpkg.org>  2008-05-09 14:08:09 ---
Without actually having a look at all the changes it looks wrong to me.

A dependency between packages means that a package REQUIRES that another
package is installed - or it will fail to install/run. This means that if
package A depends on package B then package B has to be installed BEFORE
package A in any case. Regardless of the package priorities.

Priorities are used only to sort the order of package installation. WPKG will
install all packages in descending priority order. If a package (A) with very
high priority depends on one with very low priority (B), then WPKG should still
make sure that package A is installed with very high priority. Unfortunately
the dependency then means that package B gets even higher priority in this case
as it is required in order to be able to install package A.

This is exactly the algorithm as WPKG uses it currently.
Neither installing package A before package B nor the way to wait with package
A until package B is installed (decreasing package A priority) is acceptable
for me.

So either I completely misunderstood you request (please clarify) or it is
really breaking the idea of dependencies as I wrote.


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