The bug was a bit weird. The option "-f/--follow" wasn't parsed at all, but
given as a plain string instead of the AptPkg::Deb::* enumeration. (Maybe
AptPkg API changed in 2005...?)
~~patch attached
diff -u apt-rdepends-1.3.0/apt-rdepends apt-rdepends-1.3.0/apt-rdepends
--- apt-rdepends-1.3.0/apt-rdepends
+++ apt-rdepends-1.3.0/apt-rdepends
@@ -132,13 +132,47 @@
close(OLDOUT);
select(STDOUT); $| = 0;
+# Converts a string like "Depends" to the corresponding AptPkg::Dep::* enum.
+sub depstr_to_enum {
+ my $depstr = shift(@_);
+ if ($depstr eq "Depends") {
+ return AptPkg::Dep::Depends;
+ }
+ if ($depstr eq "PreDepends") {
+ return AptPkg::Dep::PreDepends;
+ }
+ if ($depstr eq "Suggests") {
+ return AptPkg::Dep::Suggests;
+ }
+ if ($depstr eq "Recommends") {
+ return AptPkg::Dep::Recommends;
+ }
+ if ($depstr eq "Conflicts") {
+ return AptPkg::Dep::Conflicts;
+ }
+ if ($depstr eq "Replaces") {
+ return AptPkg::Dep::Replaces;
+ }
+ if ($depstr eq "Obsoletes") {
+ return AptPkg::Dep::Obsoletes;
+ }
+ print(STDERR "invalid argument given to -f (--follow): ${depstr}\n");
+ exit 101;
+}
+
# Set defaults if they weren't defined on the command line.
if ($builddep) {
@follow = ("Build-Depends", "Build-Depends-Indep") unless (@follow);
@show = ("Build-Depends", "Build-Depends-Indep") unless (@show);
}
else {
- @follow = (AptPkg::Dep::Depends, AptPkg::Dep::PreDepends) unless (@follow);
+ unless(@follow) {
+ @follow = (AptPkg::Dep::Depends, AptPkg::Dep::PreDepends);
+ }
+ else {
+ @follow = map{depstr_to_enum($_)}(@follow);
+ }
+
@show = (AptPkg::Dep::Depends, AptPkg::Dep::PreDepends) unless (@show);
}
my %deptype_dict;
diff -u apt-rdepends-1.3.0/debian/changelog apt-rdepends-1.3.0/debian/changelog
--- apt-rdepends-1.3.0/debian/changelog
+++ apt-rdepends-1.3.0/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+apt-rdepends (1.3.0-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * QA upload.
+ * Fixes (adds) parsing of the -f/--follow option. (closes #332311),
+ thanks for help to kuroi
+
+ -- Roman Naumann <namor_deb...@hemio.de> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:47:13 +0200
+
apt-rdepends (1.3.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
* QA upload.
