Re: finding apt dependencies

On mar., 2026-07-07 at 16:12 -0400, Eben King wrote:
> On 7/7/26 15:57, jean-christophe wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> ...
> 
> > > It works, but is definitely not fast. Is there a faster way?
> 
> > https://x0.at/FdVb.txt
> > 
> > is there some faster way in /bin/sh
> > 
> > me say not depencies
> > 
> > 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
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jean-christophe@debian:~/Documents/codes/bash$ apt-get --version
apt 3.0.3 (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
jean-christophe@debian:~/Documents/codes/bash$ 

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