Hi, actually adding this feature is trivial. This is the diff for debtree :
----------------- 61d60 < my $aptconf=""; 95d93 < 'conf=s' => \$aptconf, 159,161d156 < if ($aptconf) { < $ENV{'APT_CONFIG'} = $aptconf < } ----------------- and a typical local apt.conf file will look like this : ---------------- APT::Get::List-Cleanup "false"; Dir::Cache /tmp/apt; Dir::State /tmp/apt; Dir::State::status /tmp/apt/status; Dir::Etc::SourceList /tmp/apt/sources.list; --------------- of course you will need a proper apt repository mkdir -p /tmp/apt/{archives,lists}/partial cp $yourPackagesfile /tmp/apt/lists cp $yourstatusfile /tmp/apt/ apt-get -c=apt.conf update Then calling debtree as : ./debtree -conf=apt.conf dpkg should do the trick. if you want I can send you a proper patch... but I guess this is so trivial that you might want to fill the details yourself. thanks ! pietro -- ---- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org