> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 at 8:43 PM > From: akhiezer <[email protected]> > To: "BLFS Support List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Determining dependencies > > > From: "Gabriella Lynns" <[email protected]> > > Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 06:35:31 +0200 > > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 3:16 AM > > > From: "Bruce Dubbs" <[email protected]> > > > To: "BLFS Support List" <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Determining dependencies > > > > > > Gabriella Lynns wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I often build BLFS-based systems for special purposes, either for > > > > myself or clients. No two are ever the same, dammit. > > > > > > > > I script the build to X11. But thereafter,anything can happen. > > > > > > > > I spend far too much time tracing dependencies. Every package I install > > > > brings required and recommended dependencies (I always install > > > > recommended deps) And of course those dependencies have dependencies > > > > and so on, almost without limit. These deps might be thought of as in > > > > "generations" or levels; the deepest I have bothered to record so far > > > > is 10 levels. > > > > > > > > I want - I need - a method for finding all the dependencies of a > > > > package, preferably in one of the orders they should be installed. > > > > > > > > And so, to the point: is any such tool around? Or do I have to fire up > > > > php yet again? > > > > > > jhalfs can do what you want. > > > > > > -- Bruce > > > > > > > > > > Several ideas for me to think about - thanks again. I'm happier with > > say php than Docbook though. > > > > On the LFS Hints page I found > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/blfs-deps.txt > > which is possibly dated. But I didn't find the software referenced? Is > > it around? Or is the hint too old? > > > > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ > -> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/ > -> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/download.html > -> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ATTACHMENTS/ > -> > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ATTACHMENTS/blfs-deps/ > > - but yeah, would be useful if url/uri were embedded in hints; & > if attachments were then always via a known path relative to hint > (txt-doc) location. >
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