dep-trace v. tsort (mac ports depends support)

[Ed Schouten]

Hi John,

* John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell <johnandsara2 at cox.net>, 20120302 18:03:
> BSD and Apple needs tsort(1) for portage still I believe.
>
> Topological sorting isn't quite right packaging.
>
> [...]
>
> (ie, for portage: you need to dl source, order of compile may be
> required, sometimes gets missing message or "loop in depends" message
> when attempting to compile and install pkg)

But wait. Isn't this because of mis-use of tsort(1) by portage?

tsort(1) can give you any ordering you like, as long as you make sure
your input graph is correct.

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/
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