[indiana-discuss] Checking package dependencies...

[Sebastien Roy]

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 08:14 -0400, Sebastien Roy wrote:
> I suspect I'm experiencing a bug in the package manager GUI, but want to
> verify.  I'm trying to install SUNWmercurial, and it's been busy in the
> "Checking package dependencies..." stage for over 15 minutes.  Looking
> through the "Show Details" window, it's checking through thousands of
> Blastwave IPS* packages from the blastwave.network.com repository (it
> also looks like it has checked for IPScommon hundreds of redundant
> times).  Strangely, the dependency details for SUNWmercurial showed
> nothing, so it's a bit puzzling that the GUI would go off and check for
> any dependencies, far more that it would check for dependencies at some
> other non-default authority.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea of what it's doing, and if it's by design?  I'm
> guessing that this is a bug, and that installing SUNWmercurial shouldn't
> be taking this long.

I found the problem, and it's a combination of operator error and
suboptimal GUI design.  It turns out that there was a random package
selected under the blastwave repository that I wasn't aware of, and
clicking "Install/Update" silently tried to install that package as
well.  The GUI should pop up some kind of confirmation window telling
you what you're actually going to install before it goes off and checks
dependencies.  I'll file a bug.

-Seb