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

On Nov 30, osiris@cs.utexas.edu (Rob Browning) wrote:
> "Bruce Perens" <bruce@golem.pixar.com> writes:
> 
> > Lars just sent us a C version of a dependency checker, as well.
> 
> It looks like Christoph has also done something similar in adpkg, and
> I was sent some sample python code by Dan Stromberg that uses tsort to
> attack this problem.
> 
> So I does this mean that I shouldn't work on a dependency sorter?

It seems like there are two needs here:

1. A routine that takes a list of packages, and sorts them into
order so that if you installed them one-by-one in that order, you
would never have a missing dependency.

2. A routine that reads a Package file (or group of Package files)
and reports any dependencies that are not satisfied within that
Package file (or group, assumably enforcing the non-free->contrib->stable)
relationship)

It may be that #2 automatically drops out of #1, or vice-versa, but
that may not be the best way.

Routine #1 needs to be callable, #2 can be standalone.

Steve Greenland

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