it's working now, but some of the logging is very redundant

lua/dep.lua

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ return function(opts)
       M.registertree(opts)
 
       -- sort package dependencies
-      for _, package in pairs(root.get_packages()) do
+      for _, package in pairs(packager.get_packages()) do
         table.sort(package.requirements, comp)
         table.sort(package.dependents, comp)
       end