Re: Missing functions in debian's packaging system
On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 11:47:15PM -0600, Scott Barker wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 07, 1999 at 10:00:55PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > joey@kite:/lib/modules/2.2.12>apt-cache search quake
>
> Cool. Thanks. Now, all we need is a switch to apt or dpkg to remove forward
> dependent packages (so, for example, one could remove communicator-smotif-407,
> and all packages it depended upon, except those needed by other packages).
>
This thread prompted me to play with the apt stuff a bit. Would the
following be useful?
bwalzer@lark:~> apt-cache showpkg gtkicq
Package: gtkicq
Versions: 0.57-6(/var/lib/dpkg/status),
Reverse Depends:
gnomeicu,gtkicq
Dependencies:
0.57-6 - gdk-imlib1 (0 (null)) libc6 (0 (null)) libglib1.1 (2 1.1.3-2)
libgnome0 (2 0.30.1-5) libgtk1.1 (2 1:1.1.2-2) libjpeg62 (0 (null))
liborbit0 (2 0.3.0-2) libpanel-applet0 (2 0.30-2) libpng2 (0 (null))
libtiff3g (0 (null)) libungif3g (18 3.0-2) giflib3g (2 3.0-5.2) xlib6g (2
3.3-5) zlib1g (2 1:1.1.3)
Provides:
0.57-6 -
Reverse Provides:
gnomeicu 0.65-1
The stuff in the Dependencies section could be attacked with sed/cut or the
like and fed directly to a "dpkg --purge" for a _real_ ugly hack. It would
be very important not to go "dpkg --purge --force-depends".
Bruce ( I might try this later today. I would really like to be able to
clean the junk out of my computer).
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