[Fink-devel] nasty circular dependencies

[Jack H. <how...@gm...>]

   Currently, we are unable to install giflib7-shlibs from a clean tree.

% fink install giflib7
Password:
Scanning package description files..........
Information about 11437 packages read in 2 seconds.

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual
dependency. The candidates:

(1) w3m: Text-mode WWW browser with tables/frames
(2) lynx: Console based web browser
(3) elinks: Development version of Links text WWW browser
(4) links: Lynx-like text WWW browser with tables

Pick one: [1] 1
The following package will be installed or updated:
 giflib7
The following 5 additional packages will be installed:
 giflib7-shlibs imlib2 imlib2-shlibs w3m xmlto
Default answer will be chosen in 60 seconds...
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Failed: Problem resolving dependencies. Check for circular dependencies.

The same happens for…

fink install xmlto
fink install imlib2-shlibs
fink install w3m