FS#33587 - Dependency ordering ignores provides

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 27 January 2013, 00:24 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 27 January 2013, 01:47 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 4.0.3
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

filesystem depends on nss-myhostname which is provided by systemd. So systemd should be ordered to be installed before filesystem, but:

> pacman -S systemd filesystem
warning: systemd-197-4 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: filesystem-2013.01-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Packages (2): filesystem-2013.01-1 systemd-197-4

Total Installed Size: 12.59 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Sunday, 27 January 2013, 01:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Allan McRae (Allan) - Sunday, 27 January 2013, 01:47 GMT
Turns out I am wrong...

warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: filesystem will be installed before its systemd dependency

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