On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Dale Scheetz wrote: > > > Since the recent discussion with Richard Stallman about the unsatisfied > > suggests message, I have undertaken the examination of the main archives. > > > > The script that I am working on unpacks all of the .deb files it finds and > > collects Package:, Provides:, Pre-Depends:, Depends:, Recommends:, and > > Suggests: field information and deterines several things. > > You do realize that is why we have a 'Packages' file?
Yes, and the current packages file indicates that ppp is in base, but it isn't there. The whole reason for scanning the archives was to catch such errors. > > In any event your script is not handling virtual pacakges, ppp is a > virtual package. > I add all Provides: to the list of "available" packages that I use. So if some package provides ppp it isn't indicating that fact. > Here is a list of all unmet deps in main: > > Package chameleon version 1.0-2 has an unmet dep: > Depends: libglib1.1.12 (>= 1.1.12-1) > Depends: libgtk1.1.12 (>= 1.1.12-1) > > (Ehm? This one is new, someone should fix it) > > A list of unmet suggests/recommends in main is too long to include here. > Actually my lists are not much worse than the depends. If I get a chance to work on this today, I'll put the other lists together. Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-