Circular dependencies

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:25:16 +0100, Ralf Ertzinger wrote:

> > It is OK as rpm/yum can sort this out at install / update / removal
> > time provided that both packages are in the transaction list.  The fun
> > part comes in BUILDING them.
> 
> Thankfully it's just a runtime dependency.

The key question this raises is _why_ can't both packages be combined
into one?