Bug#447158: ITP: debtree -- Show relationships between packages (.deb)

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

On 10/18/07 09:02, Frans Pop wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : debtree
>   Version         : 0.7.1
>   Upstream Author : Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
> * URL             : http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp/debtree/
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: shell script
>   Description     : Show relationships between packages (.deb)
> 
> debtree has two functions:
> * show the dependency path(s) between two packages
> * create a dependency graph for a package
> 
> In the first case it shows through which dependencies a package pulls in
> another package when it is installed.
> 
> In the second case it generates a dependency graph in the form of a .dot
> file that can be used as input for the utility 'dot' from the graphviz
> package. What information is included in a graph can be varied using
> command line options.

If this is just a single shell script, would it more profitably be
added to apt-rdepends or debian-goodies?

-- 
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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