On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 05:31:37PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > dpkg --get-selections provides a list of all packages that are > currently on a Debian computer, and dpkg --set-selections allows one > to clone that set onto another computer, or restore it onto the > computer on which it was generated in case of a crash or operator > error. > > But this list does not contain any information about the dependencies > among the packages.
The list is created from /var/lib/dpkg/status by each package management tool when needed within their tool. > Is there a program that will analyze a list of packages and arrange > them into a tree, or forest (multiple independent trees)? aptitude comes close but not the level you expecting. Graphical display will be nice. > I am curious > as to what is the minimum set of apt-get install terms that are > necessary to reproduce my installation (or any particular > installation). > Second question: The dependency relation forms a network on the set of > packages. Is this network a multi-tree, or are there loops within this > network? Some developer say loop-less is needed and other developer to remove loops. But some developer insist to keep it. You can find repeated posting in debian-devel on this subject. Osaamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
