Re: How to find dependency information for a package ?
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 09:05:09PM -0700, NewDeb <ace_shikha@hotmail.com> was heard to say:
>
> 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
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You said in your first email on the thread that the control file was
for version 5.0.30-12etch1. I imagine that its dependencies are
probably different from those of version 5.5.26-1jpp.2.fc7.
Daniel
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