Reason? (was Re: How to find dependency information for a package ?)

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/12/08 23:05, NewDeb wrote:
> Well, should'nt 'apt-cache depends' and the control file show the same
> dependency info ? Here is the inconsistency I am seeing. Please let me know
> if I am interpreting this wrongly - 
>
> Control File
> -----------
> Depends: kaffe (>= 2:1.1.6-3) | java-gcj-compat-dev (>= 1.0.41-1) |
> java2-runtime, libtomcat5-java (>= 5.0.30-12etch1), adduser (>= 3.34),
> apache2-utils | apache-utils | apache2-common
> Suggests: java-virtual-machine, libapache-mod-jk | libapache2-mod-jk,
> tomcat5-webapps, tomcat5-admin
>
> apt-cahce depends tomcat5 (I dont even see "jakarta-commons-launcher" in the
> above file...)
> ----------------------------
> tomcat5-5.5.26-1jpp.2.fc7
>   Depends: jakarta-commons-launcher >= 0.9
>   PreDepends: tomcat5-common-lib = 5.5.26-1jpp.2.fc7
>   PreDepends: <config(tomcat5)>
>     tomcat5-5.5.26-1jpp.2.fc7
>   PreDepends: jakarta-commons-pool-tomcat5
>   PreDepends: tomcat5-server-lib = 5.5.26-1jpp.2.fc7
[snip]
>    xalan-j2 (2.7.0-6jpp.1)
>    xerces-j2 (2.7.1-7jpp.2)
>    xml-commons-apis (1.3.03-0jpp.1.fc7)
>    xml-commons-resolver (1.1-1jpp.12)
>
> I dont see the commonality in these outputs..

What is the *purpose* behind all this effort to manually discover 
all these dependencies?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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