Re: Cyclic dependency prevents installation of python39 (also python3)

Marco Atzeri via Cygwin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.cygwin
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 15/12/2025 09:55, Ronan Le Gallic via Cygwin wrote:
> Greetings to the Cygwin Team,
> 
> Description
> 
>    *
> The setup.ini file introduces a circular dependency between python39, python39-pip, and python39-setuptools.
>    *
> This cycle blocks the installation of python39 and any packages that depend on it.
> 
> Configuration Snippet (from setup.ini)
> ```INI
> @ python39
> depends2: ..., python39-pip, python39-setuptools, ...
> 
> @ python39-pip
> depends2: ..., python39, ...
> 
> @ python39-setuptools
> depends2: ..., python39, ...
> ```
> 
> Consequences
> 
>    *
> Prevents installation of python39, and so python3

Hi Roman,

I do not understand why this should prevent the installation.

What is the error message ?
How are you running Cygwin Setup ?

Regards
Marco


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