On Tuesday 26 July 2005 03:23 pm, Brian Kimball wrote: > Hi, currently %r fails to count reverse dependencies via virtual > packages. For example, mawk's rdepends count is 0, but in actuality > base-files depends on it through the "awk" virtual package. > > The consequence of this is that occasionally I go to delete a package > that I don't think I need (because %r shows 0 and I don't personally > want the package) and then all of a sudden I've got broken packages that > I have to investigate.
Whoops, just another helpful hint: you can probably do this more efficiently (and accurately, I hope) using a limit of "!(~R~i|~Rrecommends:~i)". Daniel -- /------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------\ | A conclusion is the place | | where you got tired of thinking. | \------------ Got APT? -- Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org -----------/
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