Bug#1122153: apt-cache rdepends: bogus output

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2025 at 10:18:45AM +0100, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2025, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> 
> >The output is correct. It shows that
> >
> >1. libvirt-daemon-driver-network is a reverse depends
> >2. the reverse-dependency can also be satisfied by
> >   dnsmasq-base-lua (as it Provides: dnsmasq-base)
> 
> Then it’s incomplete, as it does not show the correct
> package name.

No it's not incomplete. The output for rdepends is

    parent package
        alternative solution 1
        alternative solution 2

i.e. here it's

    libvirt-daemon-driver-network 
        dnsmasq-base-lua

The package you queried for is not shown, only alternatives.

This is more evident in 'depends' than 'rdepends'

    libvirt-daemon-driver-network
      Depends: dnsmasq-base
        dnsmasq-base-lua

The presentation does not make a lot of sense but it is what
it is.

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