Re: package.el can't install a circular depend and it should be able to.

[Nic Ferrier]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> It was intended to do a topological sort of the graph and activate
>> packages from the bottom up.  If this isn't working then there is a bug.
>
> Do we actually need such a topological sort?
> I mean the only place where ordering might matter is when loading the
> autoloads file, AFAICT (for all other steps like download, unpack, compile
> the order in which packages are processed doesn't matter).

That's not what I saw, as you can see from the original message?


Nic Ferrier