Re: package.el can't install a circular depend and it should be able to.

[Stefan Monnier]

> Right. I thought I did describe it but I didn't include enough detail,
> clearly:
> - web-test begins an install of web
> - web-test begins an install of elnode
> - install of elnode begins an install of web

What do you mean by "begins an install of"?

> install fails because web cannot be found, even though it was requested
> to be installed by web-test.

What means "install fails"?  And why can't web be found since it
supposedly was installed already?

> Right, it does look like there's a bug.

Obviously what you describe points to a bug, yes.


        Stefan