Re: Tool to sort package list in dependency order

2011-04-17 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 22:17, Rob Browning wrote: > Do we have a tool that will sort a list of packages in dependency order? > I ask because if we have one, I'd like to use it to replace the tsort > mess in emacsen-common. Given the immense information you provided: $ apt-get -s install A B | a

Re: Tool to sort package list in dependency order

2011-04-16 Thread Obey Arthur Liu
Not really what you asked but there is a GSoC project this year about apt/dpkg ordering optimization. Arthur On Apr 16, 2011 4:27 PM, "Rob Browning" wrote: > > Do we have a tool that will sort a list of packages in dependency order? > I ask because if we have one, I'd like to use it to replace th

Tool to sort package list in dependency order

2011-04-16 Thread Rob Browning
Do we have a tool that will sort a list of packages in dependency order? I ask because if we have one, I'd like to use it to replace the tsort mess in emacsen-common. Thanks -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org GPG as of 2002-11-03 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73