Bug#525189: dpkg-checkbuilddeps: please consider adding option to format output

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Daniel Hartwig wrote:

> There is a request for apt-get install to support the depends format
> directly.  I do not think that either approach is sensible.
> <http://bugs.debian.org/525189>

cupt has a "satisfy" verb that does this.  Given that cupt (like apt)
already needs to know how to parse Depends fields so this doesn't
require much additional maintenance effort, it seems like a good
feature.

Just in case the UI is helpful for inspiration.

Regards,
Jonathan