[ILUG] Generate dependency tree for RPMs

[Darragh Bailey]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 06:20:42PM +0000, paul at clubi.ie wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Darragh Bailey wrote:
> 
> >Currently looking through anaconda to see if some of the work has already 
> >been done.
> >
> >Any pointers for similiar functionality welcome.
> 
> apt can spit out dependency data in format for 'dotty'. Install 
> apt-rpm maybe?

Thanks for the suggestions.

Both apt-cache and the program suggested by Padraig appear to rely on
dotty to work out the dependency tree.

Since I need to be able to manipulate the output and most likely be able
to dynamically determine what to do based on what dependencies exist I
don't think they are the solution.


Interesting to see how they structure the data though.

If your familiar with the "equery" tool from gentoo, it provides a
similiar capability to what I'm looking for. Looks like I'll be writing
from scratch so :)

-- 
Darragh

"Nothing is foolproof to a sufficently talented fool."