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Re: package.el can't install a circular depend and it should be able to.
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Tom Tromey |
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Re: package.el can't install a circular depend and it should be able to. |
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:47:08 -0700 |
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>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
Tom> It was intended to do a topological sort of the graph and activate
Tom> packages from the bottom up. If this isn't working then there is a bug.
Stefan> Do we actually need such a topological sort? I mean the only
Stefan> place where ordering might matter is when loading the autoloads
Stefan> file, AFAICT (for all other steps like download, unpack, compile
Stefan> the order in which packages are processed doesn't matter).
I thought byte-compiling one package could require that package's
dependencies, say via eval-when-compile.
For downloading and unpacking, I agree, order doesn't matter.
Tom