[MacPorts] #59289: base does not necessarily tell you when circular dependency occurs

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#59289: base does not necessarily tell you when circular dependency occurs
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  Reporter:  fvaccari  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal    |  Milestone:
 Component:  base      |    Version:
Resolution:            |   Keywords:
      Port:            |
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Comment (by cjones051073):

 Although in this case it was not really the port itself causing the
 problem, but base itself through the compiler selection it was making.

 I am with Mojca, surely it shouldn’t be too hard for base to detect when
 this happens and give a reasonable error. Base it really the only place
 this check could be done. Its difficult for individual ports to know when
 this is happening.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/59289#comment:6>
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