How to find dependency information for a package ?

[NewDeb <ace_shikha@hotmail.com>]

Hi all, 

I am trying to find the exhaustive list of dependencies of a particular
package (For example, package tomcat5_5.0.30-12etch1_all.deb) From what I
have read so far, there seem to be many ways of doing this and I tried out
the following, but find that the information is different in all, save a few
common things. 

1) apt-cache depends tomcat5
2) dpkg --info tomcat5_5.0.30-12etch1_all.deb (to view the Depends filed of
the control file)
3) apt-get --download-only install tomcat5 (thinking that this will be the
raw list of files which dpkg tries to install)

Why is the output of dependency packages not consistent ? Or am I doing this
wrongly ?

I am really confused. Any pointers are greatly appreciated. 

Thanks,
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