As Matt says, the documentation indicates that it is used with the "unmet" command, not "depends"
But it was easy to implement and wont cause any obvious grief. Here is the patch to make it happen. :) ** Attachment added: "apt_0.7.14ubuntu4.debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16374172/apt_0.7.14ubuntu4.debdiff ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Triaged -- Apply --important option to apt-cache depends https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16947 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs