Hi David,
> Alexander wrote:
> > https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=nmh
>
> It looks like that dependent package is xbiff. Do you know how that
> is identified as a dependecy? I don't see it as an explicit
> dependency in nmh itself.
Finding a Debian system, I think it's more that package xlbiff depends
on nmh.
$ dep=Depends,PreDepends,Suggests,Recommends
$ apt-rdepends -r -f $dep -s $dep nmh
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
nmh
Reverse Depends: exmh (1:2.9.0-2)
Reverse Depends: xlbiff (4.5.2-1)
exmh
Reverse Suggests: nmh (1.7.1-7)
Reverse Recommends: muttprint (0.73-10)
muttprint
xlbiff
$
Using apt-cache(1) to look forwards, I see:
muttprint
Enhances: mail-reader, news-reader
Recommends: mutt | sylpheed | gnus | xfmail | exmh | mail-reader
xlbiff
Depends: nmh
exmh
Depends: nmh | mh, mime-support
nmh
Conflicts: mh
Provides: mail-reader, mh
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Replaces: mh
Suggests: exmh
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Cheers, Ralph.
