19 Jan
2011
19 Jan
'11
12:39 p.m.
Am 19.01.2011 13:32, schrieb Seblu:
If package A depends on package B, and B depends on C, then A might depend on C explicitly because it accesses C directly. Or it might only depend on indirectly C because B accesses C. We should reflect that in dependencies (in the first case, A depends on C, in the second case it doesn't).
The result is this: Whenever the dependencies of B change (e.g., C is removed), A will still work correctly.
And this check is done by a software not by a "scientist" predicate that varies depending on the experience of maintainer.
For library-dependencies on binaries, yes. On scripts it is much harder to check this. I don't think it is possible to cover all cases with a piece of software here, but one should try.