Bug#365087: ITP: debcheck -- Checks whether dependencies of debian packages can be satisfied

[Sven Mueller <sven@incase.de>]

Ralf Treinen wrote on 27/04/2006 21:53:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Ralf Treinen <treinen@debian.org>
> 
> * Package name    : debcheck
>   Version         : as of 2006/3/19
>   Upstream Author : Jerome Vouillon <Jerome.Vouillon@pps.jussieu.fr>
> * URL             : http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~vouillon/

There is one "small" wish (actually I don't know wether it is a small or
large one, considering the work already done in debcheck/rpmcheck) I
have, which you might want to implement and/or forward to $Upstream:

It would be quite nice if the tool had an option to do the following:
Given the Packages file (or other compatible list of packages) on STDIN
and a set of "seed" packages on the commandline, print out all the
packages needed to fulfill the dependencies (if all dependencies can be
fulfilled - error out if not).

This would be of use on many occasions, most notably when you try to
build a minimal repository which contains all needed packages for a
given set of packages you want installed. In my case, it would help to
build an automated installation CD for Debian with some customized
and/or additional packages. Currently, when I add a new application, I
have to manually check the dependencies. Would be extremely nice to find
a way to automate this.

Regards,
Sven