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Subject: Re: "requires" line for cygwin; bug in upset?
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 03:27:29PM -0400, Ken Brown wrote:
>Since the cygwin package provides some info files, shouldn't its 
>"requires" line in setup-2.ini include  _update-info-dir? 

No.  Packages should not include dir files.  Cygwin can't include
_update-info-dir because it introduces a circular dependency.

cgf

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