Re: A script to see how much a package is depended upon.

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

Eric Van Buggenhaut <eric@andago.com> immo vero scripsit

> > 29400691 docbook
> 
> Uh ?

There was a flaw of logic, as it were.
It should be something around 3000-10000. I presume.

> 
> [eric@curitiba:~]$ grep-available -F Depends -s Package docbook
> Package: cygnus-stylesheets
> Package: docbook-stylesheets
> Package: docbook-to-man
> Package: task-sgml
> Package: sgmltools-2
> [eric@curitiba:~]$
> 
> 
> Am I missing the point ?

Yes.

I am trying to count any package that Depends, or Build-Depends,
defining that relation as a joint-depends. 
And I am recursively counting those which eventually do a 
j-depends on any package. 

So, if cygnus-stylesheets depends on docbook, 
and gcc build-depends on cygnus-stylesheets, 
gcc j-depends docbook.


This relationship is what "broken dependency" is about
in testing distribution, I presume.

So, if docbook is completely broken in some way, it
will eventually break gcc build.


regards,
	junichi

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