Re: Bug#328130: RM: please remove any remnant of 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 kernels from etch/sid
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
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