On 30 April 2013 14:53, Daniel Hartwig <mand...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Christian Hudon <chr...@pianocktail.org> wrote: >> Package: apt >> Severity: wishlist >> >> Hello, >> >> Sometimes, I need to cut and paste the contents of a Depends field (from >> running "dpkg -s", etc.) … to install packages >> required by a package that I downloaded separately.
Also note that in this case, you can do: # dpkg --force-depends -i foo.deb # apt-get install -f to install the package and its dependencies. This has the benefit of retaining information that the dependencies were auto-installed. With that, both of your use cases are covered and better than parsing the control field format on the command line. I suggest this request is closed or +wontfix. Regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
