Bug#1122153: apt-cache rdepends: bogus output

[Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>]

Package: apt
Version: 3.0.3
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: tg@mirbsd.de

$ apt-cache rdepends -i dnsmasq-base
dnsmasq-base
Reverse Depends:
  comitup   
    dnsmasq-base-lua
  neutron-dhcp-agent
    dnsmasq-base-lua
  lxc
    dnsmasq-base-lua
  libvirt-daemon-driver-network
    dnsmasq-base-lua
  golang-github-containernetworking-plugin-dnsname
    dnsmasq-base-lua
  dnsmasq
    dnsmasq-base-lua
  concordance-common
    dnsmasq-base-lua

This output is, of course, bogus:

$ dpkg -s libvirt-daemon-driver-network | fgrep Depends
Depends: dnsmasq-base, iptables | nftables, libvirt-common (= 11.3.0-3+deb13u1), libvirt-daemon (= 11.3.0-3+deb13u1), libvirt0 (= 11.3.0-3+deb13u1), libc6 (>= 2.38), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0t64 (>= 2.26.0)



-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/ncurses-term-considered-harmful present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-apparmor present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-aptitude present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-consolekit present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-drexim present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-networkmanager present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-packagekit present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-pulseaudio present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-puppet present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-ruby present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-systemd-completely present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-systemd-installed present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-systemd-running present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/prevent-unattended-upgrades present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/tuxedo present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/usrmove-done-considered-harmful present, but not submitted) --


-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/trixie.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/tuxedo.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wtf-sid.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.152
ii  base-passwd             3.6.7
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2025.1
ii  libapt-pkg7.0           3.0.3
ii  libc6                   2.41-12
ii  libgcc-s1               14.2.0-19
ii  libseccomp2             2.6.0-2
ii  libssl3t64              3.5.4-1~deb13u1
ii  libstdc++6              14.2.0-19
ii  libsystemd0             257.9-1~deb13u1
ii  sqv                     1.3.0-3

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-bundle [ca-certificates]  20190604

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc                      <none>
pn  aptitude | synaptic | wajig  <none>
ii  dpkg-dev                     1.22.21
ii  gnupg                        2.4.7-21
ii  gnupg1                       1.4.23-3
ii  powermgmt-base               1.38

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/logrotate.d/apt changed [not included]

-- no debconf information