> > Isn't there a command line tool that lets you grab fields out of the > > dpkg DB, so you could generate a list of packages that include (say) > > kdelibs3 in the Depends: line... or does it only work with > > /var/lib/dpkg/status and not available, or does apt's *cache.bin need > > to get involved and no one has worked on it? > > apt-cache?
Ya, that looks about right (gotta read and play still), not what I was thinking of (grep-dctrl, perhaps), maybe better. - Bruce