FS#70443 - Circular dependencies are not shown by pacman --query --unrequired --unrequired

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Zyy (Zyy) - Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 17:41 GMT
Last edited by Andrew Gregory (andrewgregory) - Thursday, 15 April 2021, 01:34 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Backend/Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 5.2.2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

If package A depends on package B, and, at the same time, package B depends on package A, they are not shown by pacman --query --unrequired --unrequired, even if no other package depends on A or B. Its not very straightforward to find such packages, and they can waste space for no reason.
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Closed by  Andrew Gregory (andrewgregory)
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 01:34 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:  FS#59711

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