Reverse dependencies in Debian.

["K. Arun" <kar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        To answer a question I raised a few months on ilugc:
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$ apt-cache showpkg tcl8.2
Package: tcl8.2
Versions: 8.2.3-2(/var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_frozen_main_binary-i386_Packages),
Reverse Depends: 
  xpvm,tcl8.2
  xf86setup,tcl8.2
  vim-tcl,tcl8.2
  vat,tcl8.2
  tktable,tcl8.2
  tk8.2,tcl8.2
  tclreadline,tcl8.2
  tcl8.2-dev,tcl8.2
  task-tcltk,tcl8.2
  scotty,tcl8.2
  ppxp-tcltk,tcl8.2
  newt-tcl,tcl8.2
  moodss,tcl8.2
  libtcltk-ruby,tcl8.2
  libapache-mod-dtcl,tcl8.2
  lavaps,tcl8.2
  jiffy,tcl8.2
  itk3.1,tcl8.2
  itcl3.1,tcl8.2
  isdnutils,tcl8.2
  ical,tcl8.2
  hfsutils-tcltk,tcl8.2
  expectk5.31,tcl8.2
  expect5.31,tcl8.2
  cost,tcl8.2
  blt,tcl8.2
Dependencies: 
8.2.3-2 - libc6 (2 2.1.2) tclreadline (0 (null)) tcl (0 (null)) tcl74 (1 7.4p3-2) tcl8.2-doc (0 (null)) 
Provides: 
8.2.3-2 - tclsh 
Reverse Provides: 

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        For those who don't recall the question, I had wondered if it
was possible to determine which packages would break if 'foo' was
removed, i.e. reverse dependencies for 'foo'. Evidently, it's possible.       

        This is an up-to-date Debian 2.2 (frozen) system, btw. 

                                                        -arun

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