Re: libstdc++2.8 is missing from slink

[apharris@burrito.onshore.com (Adam P. Harris)]

Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org> writes:
> Previously James A. Treacy wrote:
> > The new scripts for generating the web pages work out all package
> > dependencies and could be easily modified to print out a list of packages
> > that depend on a particular package.
> 
> Richard Braakman has had a script to check dependencies for a long time
> now. The results should be online somewhere, don't know where though.
> 
> > Such a script should be used before any packages are removed from the
> > archive.  Even if it is decided that the package be removed, people will know
> > immediately the scope of the problem and start working on a solution -
> > instead of discovering it weeks later.
> 
> What should be done is that if a ftp-admin decides to remove a package
> he should announce it on -devel IMHO.

FWIW, Jason Gunthorp informed me that 'apt-cache showpkg ...'  can be
used to work out the dependant packages list in a very rapid and
efficient manner.

#  apt-cache showpkg /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin libstdc++2.8
Package: libstdc++2.8
Versions: 2.90.29-0.6,
Reverse Depends: 
  qps,libstdc++2.8
  dxpc,libstdc++2.8
  kmpg,libstdc++2.8
  qt1g-dev,libstdc++2.8
  xlogmaster,libstdc++2.8
  qt1-snapshot,libstdc++2.8
  geomview-contrib,libstdc++2.8
[...]

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