On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:38:21AM +0900, Horms wrote: > Out of interest, what is a good way to check dependancies across all > architectures and distributions? I know that apt-cache can do this based on > the sources it knows about, but thats usually only for the current > arch and distro.
I use the build-in reverse-dependency checking by the script doing the removals: merkel (mirror): /org/ftp.debian.org/katie/melanie. Invoke it as such: /org/ftp.debian.org/katie/melanie -n -R kernel-source-2.6.8 Note that also this tool isn't without bugs, it gives spurious warnings with arch-specific removals, it will warn when you remove a package but another Provides: it so it goes well after all, and erm, it crashes when it encounters a contrib/non-free reverse dependency. After manually patching the last issue (trivial), it provides a good starting point. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
