On Thu, Oct 07, 1999 at 05:34:03PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > I'm experimenting with a script to work out whether packages are > > > installable or not. I figured the world at large might be interested in > > > some of the results. > Aj.. You do know that APT has included such a function for quite some time > now, > apt-cache unmet -i This doesn't appear to check conflicts though? (It also seems to require some hacking to get it to /just/ base its conclusions on the Packages file; and looking at the apt source confused me) Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. PGP encrypted mail preferred. ``The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs.'' -- Linus Torvalds
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