On Jul 18, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Jay Soffian wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Jeff Johnson <n3npq@mac.com> wrote:
>> So everything else is as before, LIFO to initialize the queue,  
>> after 1st
>> node is processed, remaining elements are emitted in FIFO order.
>
> Thank you again for the investigation and detailed explanation.
>

Lemme know whether hacks-r-us multiple deps fixes yr pre-vendor  
politics.

(aside) It would not be hard to design in the knobs to arrange for  
additional
means to control ordering through arbitrary "importance" weights, its  
just queue
ordering, FIFO, LIFO or any other criteria would "work" for "partial"  
ordering.

I've never bothered because the issue is numbingly arcane
and impossible to discuss publicly. Useless RPMSENSE_PREREQ
and Requires(pre) and PreReq: and dependency loops and
CDROM splitting and ... all get snarled up in "partial ordering".

What I can't do is fix rpm-4.4.2.3.4.5....90 or any already deployed
rpm version ...

>> And you are still welcome to switch to @rpm5.org any time you  
>> choose ;-)
>
> Oh, I'd like to. :-)
>

;-)

73 de Jeff