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Re: Debian release doesn't satisfy its own dependencies.

Bruce Perens wrote:
> 
> We can't ever let _this_ one happen again. Groan...
> 
> See my post "dependency checker for archive needed" on debian-devel.
> That's a technological fix, we also need procedural fixes.
> 

Bruce Perens wrote:
> 
> We need one more - a script that reads the dependenceies from
> one or more Packages files, and tells if the distribution resolves all
> of its own dependencies. Dangling dependencies should be pointed out.
> This is a good project for a perl hacker. Please send mail to Guy and
> me if you want to do it.
> 

I don't know if someone has volunteered to do this work, but in the
meantime I've hacked a script to produce something that's close to what
you are looking for.

The script is my deb-names (which produces also other lists from the
Packages file) and the functionality added needs only the -c (--check)
option.

The script is not able to cancatenate the input files (you requested 
	> from one or more Packages files
but it is able to read stdin ( -f - ) so you can build a pipe.

You can find the script in my home on master or as anonymous in

	ftp://ftp.icenet.fi/private/fpolacco/


I've runned it against a copy of the Packages file that I grabbed under
1.2.2 some days ago, and it produced this output:

$ deb-names -c -q -f /opt/debian/Packages.1.2.2 
aout-libg++:
        Suggested by:   aout-gcc  
fdos:
        Suggested by:   dosemu
        Recommended by: mkrboot  
giftrans:
        Suggested by:   hyperlatex  
glimpse:
        Suggested by:   exmh
        Suggested by:   man2html  
kermit:
        Recommended by: term  
libmsql1:
        Suggested by:   apache  
libtiff3-gif:
        Suggested by:   libtiff3  
mpeg:
        Suggested by:   w3-el  
netpbm:
        Suggested by:   hpscanpbm
        Suggested by:   hyperlatex
        Suggested by:   magicfilter
        Depended by:    mgetty-fax
        Suggested by:   w3-el
        Recommended by: xpaint  
netscape:
        Suggested by:   fvwm95  
pbmplus:
        Suggested by:   magicfilter
        Suggested by:   w3-el
        Recommended by: xbmbrowser  
pdf:
        Suggested by:   w3-el  
pem:
        Suggested by:   w3-el  
pgp:
        Suggested by:   elm
        Suggested by:   exmh
        Suggested by:   w3-el  
pgp-i:
        Depended by:    mailpgp  
pgp-us:
        Depended by:    mailpgp  
pine:
        Recommended by: mailpgp
        Recommended by: smail  
seyon:
        Recommended by: term  
sgmls:
        Recommended by: sgmlspm  
showaudio:
        Suggested by:   w3-el  
source:
        Depended by:    ax25-kernel-source
        Depended by:    ax25-util  
ssh:
        Suggested by:   rsync  
tk:
        Suggested by:   diald 
vrml:
        Suggested by:   w3-el  
wish:
        Suggested by:   hwtools  
word-list:
        Suggested by:   ispell  
xforms:
        Suggested by:   pcmcia-cs  
xv:
        Suggested by:   fvwm2
        Recommended by: metamail
        Suggested by:   w3-el
        Suggested by:   xscreensaver  


The script shows the reverse relation in the case the name on the left
is not related to any Provides field (or is a valid package name).

As you can see many packages are non-free o contrib packages (and this
relation could be a bug, cenrtainly if it's a Depends, like mailpgp).


I hope this is what you wanted; if you need any change, please tell me.

ciao,
Fabrizio
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