Changed circular dependencies handler to skip only the offended dependencies.

But don't look very stable yet (see comments about alsa-lib and jdk).
Not verified yet it all circular dependencies has been tracked.

BLFS/blfs-parser.sh

@@ -97,35 +97,10 @@ inline_doc
   fi
 
   case $1 in
-    1 | 2 )
+    1 | 2 | 3 )
       DEP_LEVEL=$1
       echo -e "\n\tUsing $DEP_LEVEL as dependencies level.\n"
       ;;
-      # Prevent circular dependencies when level 3
-      # cracklib-->python-->tk-->X-->linux-pam-->cracklib
-      # docbook-utils--> Optional dependencies are runtime only
-      # libxml2-->libxslt-->libxml2
-      # cyrus-sasl-->openldap-->cyrus-sasl
-      # alsa-lib-->doxygen-->graphviz-->jdk-->alsa-lib
-      # unixodbc-->qt-->unixodbc
-      # cups-->php-->sendmail-->espgs-->cups
-      # libexif-->graphviz-->php-->libexif
-      # esound-->aRts-->esound
-      # gimp-->imagemagick-->gimp
-    3 )
-      case $TARGET in
-        cracklib | docbook-utils | libxml2 | cyrus-sasl | alsa-lib | \
-        unixodbc | cups | libexif | esound | gimp )
-          DEP_LEVEL=2
-          echo -e "\n\t$TARGET have circular dependencies at level $1"
-          echo -e "\tUsing $DEP_LEVEL as dependencies level.\n"
-          ;;
-        * )
-          DEP_LEVEL=$1
-          echo -e "\n\tUsing $DEP_LEVEL as dependencies level.\n"
-          ;;
-      esac
-      ;;
     * )
       DEP_LEVEL=2
       echo -e "\n\t$1 is not a valid dependencies level."

BLFS/func_dependencies

@@ -173,13 +173,52 @@ inline_doc
 
     #------------------
     echo -e "\tDEP for $PKG is $DEP" >> depure.txt
+    # Prevent circular dependencies when level 3
     case $DEP in
-      # Circular dependencies at level 3
+      python )
-      cracklib | docbook-utils | libxml2 | cyrus-sasl | alsa-lib | \
+        # cracklib-->python-->tk-->X-->linux-pam-->cracklib
-      unixodbc | cups | libexif | esound | gimp )
+        [[ "$PKG" = "cracklib" ]] && continue
-        [[ "$DEP_LV" = "3" ]] && DEP_LV=2
+        ;;
+      jadetex | perl-* | lynx | Links | w3m )
+        # Optional dependencies are runtime only
+        [[ "$PKG" = "docbook-utils" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      libxslt )
+        # libxml2-->libxslt-->libxml2
+        [[ "$PKG" = "libxml2" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      openldap | postgresql | $KBR5 )
+        # cyrus-sasl-->several-->cyrus-sasl
+        [[ "$PKG" = "cyrus-sasl" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      doxygen )
+        # alsa-lib-->doxygen-->graphviz-->jdk-->alsa-lib
+        # Commented out due that it bomb "jdk 3" Why??
+        #[[ "$PKG" = "alsa-lib" ]] && continue
+        # libexif-->doxygen-->graphviz-->php-->libexif
+        [[ "$PKG" = "libexif" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      qt )
+        # unixodbc-->qt-->unixodbc
+        [[ "$PKG" = "unixodbc" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      espgs )
+        # sendmail-->espgs-->cups-->php-->sendmail
+        # We should to use $MAIL_SERVER, when it actually work :-/
+        [[ "$PKG" = "sendmail" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      graphviz )
+        # libexif-->graphviz-->php-->libexif
+        [[ "$PKG" = "libexif" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      aRts )
+        # esound-->aRts-->esound
+        [[ "$PKG" = "esound" ]] && continue
+        ;;
+      gimp )
+        # imagemagick-->gimp-->imagemagick
+        [[ "$PKG" = "imagemagick" ]] && continue
         ;;
-      * ) DEP_LV=$DEP_LEVEL ;;
     esac
 
     #------------------
@@ -203,6 +242,9 @@ inline_doc
     # If not already created, create its dependencies list
     if [[ ! -f dependencies/$DEP.dep ]] ; then
       case $DEP in
+        alsa-lib ) ;; # Only one optional dependency and is recursive.
+                      # When placed inside the circular dependencies handler
+                      # some packages may bomb. But I don't know yet why
         # Meta-packages at dependency level (ugly *.dep files, but work for now)
         alsa ) # When dependency "alsa", use all alsa-* packages
           echo -e "alsa-oss\nalsa-firmware\nalsa-tools\nalsa-utils\n \