Re: finding apt dependencies

On 7/7/26 15:57, jean-christophe wrote:
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> On mar., 2026-07-07 at 14:18 -0400, Eben King wrote:
>> I have a need to find the upgradable package with the most
>> dependencies.

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>> It works, but is definitely not fast. Is there a faster way?

> https://x0.at/FdVb.txt
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> is there some faster way in /bin/sh
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> me say not depencies
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> could you test ?

eben@cerberus:~$ apt-cache policy | grep -E '^\s*Installed:\s*(.+)$'
1

"1" is the exit status.  Maybe we have different versions of apt-get?

eben@cerberus:~$ apt-get ---version
apt 2.6.1 (amd64)
Supported modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
*Pkg:  Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30)
  Pkg:  Debian APT solver interface (Priority -1000)
  Pkg:  Debian APT planner interface (Priority -1000)
  S.L: 'deb' Debian binary tree
  S.L: 'deb-src' Debian source tree
  Idx: Debian Source Index
  Idx: Debian Package Index
  Idx: Debian Translation Index
  Idx: Debian dpkg status file
  Idx: Debian deb file
  Idx: Debian dsc file
  Idx: Debian control file
  Idx: EDSP scenario file
  Idx: EIPP scenario file