Is it a problem if two packages depend on each other?

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    stevesr0

      No problem, just puzzled…

      I just noticed that libc6 and libgcc-s1 depend upon each other.

      I wonder if such mutual cross dependencies are ever associated with a problem?

      Or is that acceptable if the packages involved are always considered essential?

      (Both of these packages are listed as priority optional tho.)
      (Or is it not a “real” dependency?)

      stevesr0

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        It is possibly but not necessarily a “real” (((runtime))) dependency.
        You can read about it if you run a web search for “circular dependency”. For this specific case, a narrower websearch “circular dependency libc6 libgcc-s1” could help to discover the specifics.

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