Andreas Koenig via RT wrote:
Show quoted text> Wed Jul 25 01:18:35 2007: Request 28461 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by ANDK
> Queue: Handel
> Subject: circular dependency
> Broken in: (no value)
> Severity: Critical
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: ANDK@cpan.org
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=28461 >
>
>
> In the interactive section I answered yes for all mandatory and optional
> dependencies. Then CPAN.pm reported:
>
> cpan[7]> install Handel
>
> Recursive dependency detected:
> Handel (have: N/A; want: 1.00003)
> => CLACO/Handel-1.00003.tar.gz
> => Handel::Storage::RDBO (have: N/A; requires: 1.00001)
> => CLACO/Handel-Storage-RDBO-1.00001.tar.gz
> => Handel (have: N/A; requires: 1.00000).
> Cannot resolve.
>
> When I start over and answer no to the optional dependecy, then the
> problem goes away. But what's the point in offering a dependency that
> cannot be met?
>
>
Yeah, I hadn't even through of the circular dep. 1.00003 just converted
to Module::Install which is the first time I listed it as an
option...and I had it installed already. Duh.
Guess the only option is to remove Handel as a prereq on the RDBO
dist...which seems ok now that it's an option of Handel itself..
I wonder what the normal practice is..
Thanks for the RT,
-=Chris
