Drake Diedrich <Drake.Diedrich@anu.edu.au> writes: > What exactly does dpkg --predep-package return? It returns the full available entry for one package. It's up to you to pull out Package: or Filename: or whatever you want. You keep calling it until it returns nothing (and exits nonzero). Guy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .