Re: Understanding package dependencies

From	Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Understanding package dependencies
Date	2023-10-08 10:50 +0200
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Greg Wooledge wrote on 07/10/2023 20:45:
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 08:27:11PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Yes, aptitude can do that.   Quoting the manual[1]:
>>
>> ,----
>> | ?provides(pattern), ~Ppattern
>> |
>> |     Matches package versions which provide a package that matches the
>> |     pattern. For instance, “?provides(mail-transport-agent)” will match
>> |     all the packages that provide “mail-transport-agent”.
>> `----
>>
>> In the current case, "aptitude search '~Plsb-base'" does the trick.
> 
> Why on EARTH was this not ported to apt-patterns(7)?
> 
> unicorn:~$ apt list '?conflicts(~nlsb-base)'
> Listing... Done
> sysvinit-utils/stable,now 3.06-4 amd64 [installed]
> sysvinit-utils/stable 3.06-4 i386
> unicorn:~$ apt list '?provides(~nlsb-base)'
> Listing... Error!
> E: input:0-21: error: Unrecognized pattern '?provides'
>     ?provides(~nlsb-base)
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
How about

   apt list '?reverse-depends(?name(lsb-base))'

or

   apt list '~RDepends:~nlsb-base'

Regards,
Jörg.

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Understanding package dependencies Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2023-10-07 14:10 +0200
  Re: Understanding package dependencies Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-07 15:10 +0200
    Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-07 15:30 +0200
      Re: Understanding package dependencies Steve Keller <keller.steve@gmx.de> - 2023-10-07 19:50 +0200
        Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-07 20:20 +0200
        Re: Understanding package dependencies Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2023-10-07 20:30 +0200
          Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-07 20:50 +0200
            Re: Understanding package dependencies Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2023-10-08 10:50 +0200
              Re: Understanding package dependencies Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-10-08 14:40 +0200
            Re: Understanding package dependencies Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-10-09 14:20 +0200

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