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Re: make replace



On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:58:09AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> First, there are large classes of inconsistencies that I think we
> actually do have agreement are unwanted.  The we-all-agree-is-bad list
> has things like:
> 
[cut]
> 
>   package A thinks it requires B, but registry of B does not show that A
>   depends on it
[cut]

This is the specific property that the intended "make replace" behavior
violates.

Joerg


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