Re: test for package dependencies without installing

[Paul Yeatman <pyeatman@ucsd.edu>]

Paul Yeatman writes:
> > $ sudo dpkg -i --no-act texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb (Reading database ... 138033 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Preparing to replace texlive-base 2007.dfsg.1-2 (using texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb) ...
> > $ echo $?
> > 0
> > 
> > tells me nothing about lacking dependencies.

Apparently, this has been observed and noted for a long time (at least
since 2002) as these 3 merged bugs show.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=55364
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=134475
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=168499

Paul