[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45369] pkg build leads to duplication of PKG_ADD and PKG_DEL files

[Olaf Till]

Follow-up Comment #27, bug #45369 (project octave):

> > Will it be possible to have PKG_ADD directives which
> > depend on directories of other packages being in the
> > path if these other packages are named in the same
> > 'pkg install ... ...' command?

> Could you describe a specific use case for this ?

I currently don't know an example.

> Would it be enough to know that dependencies are always loaded > before the
package that depends on them (I don't know if it is > the case currently) ? 

If there are no circular dependencies, it's enough.

If there are circular dependencies, first the directories of all packages
named in 'pkg install ... ...' must be added to the path before the PKG_ADD
instructions of any of these packages are executed.

Why should we disallow circular package dependencies if we are able to allow
them if these packages are installed in one pkg call.

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