Source: debian-goodies
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi Javier and Axel,
Attached is a tiny tool which I use to find out enhacements of a
given package(s), by default all installed packages. I don't actually
care about the name, so change as you find fit. Please, include it in
debian-goodies if you find it helpful.
To give you an impression:
# ./check-enhancements apt git bzr
Package <<apt>> could be Enhanced by:
netselect-apt: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.3.ds1-25
Package <<git>> could be Enhanced by:
git-ftp: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.7.4+git20120528-1
git2cl: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.0+git200808271242-1
Package <<bzr>> could be Enhanced by:
bzr-cvsps-import: Installed: (none) Candidate:
0.0.1~bzr71-1
bzr-email: Installed: 0.0.1~bzr57-2 Candidate:
0.0.1~bzr57-2
bzr-explorer: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.3.0~bzr556-1
bzr-fastimport: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.13.0-2
bzr-grep: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.4.0+bzr147-1
bzr-gtk: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.103.0+bzr792-3
bzr-loom: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.2.0-2
bzr-pipeline: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.4-3
bzr-rewrite: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.6.3+bzr256-1
bzr-search: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.7.0~bzr94-1
bzr-stats: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.1.0+bzr48-2
bzr-upload: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.1.0-2
bzr-xmloutput: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.8.8+bzr162-3
loggerhead: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.19~bzr461-1
qbzr: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.22.2-1
wikkid: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.1+bzr69-1
#!/bin/bash
# Copyright (C) 2012 George Danchev <danc...@spnet.net>
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
# 02111-1307, USA.
SELF=$(basename "$0")
print_help() {
cat << HLP
${SELF} show enhancement(s) of a given package,
by default of all installed packages.
Usage:
${SELF}
${SELF} pkg1 pkgN
HLP
}
pkgs_enhancing_pkg_status() {
# Figure out package Enhances:'ing installed package
EN=`grep-dctrl -n -s Package -F Enhances -X "${1}" /var/lib/apt/lists/*Packages`
case $? in
0) echo -e "\nPackage <<$1>> could be Enhanced by:" ;;
1) continue ;;
*) echo "Error" && exit 1 ;;
esac
for e in `echo "${EN}" | sort | uniq | xargs` # now sort and unify
do
# Figure out whether those enhancements are installed
apt-cache policy ${e} | head -3 | paste -s
done
}
# main
case $1 in
-h|-help|--help) print_help && exit 0
;;
"") # Get all installed packages
for installed in `grep-status -FStatus "install ok installed" -n -s Package | sort | uniq | xargs`
do
pkgs_enhancing_pkg_status $installed
done
;;
*) # Process packages given on cmdline
for arg in $@
do
pkgs_enhancing_pkg_status $arg
done
;;
esac
