apt-rdepends does not follow all specified depends types recursively

[Jarno Suni]

Binary package hint: apt-rdepends

OS: 8.10, apt-rdepends 1.3.0-1.1

E.g. command "apt-rdepends --follow=Depends,PreDepends,Recommends --show=Depends,PreDepends,Recommends xubuntu-desktop" does not show aforementioned types of dependencies of xubuntu-desktop recursively (but only 1st level dependencies).

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Binary package hint: apt-rdepends

OS: 8.10, apt-rdepends 1.3.0-1.1

E.g. command "apt-rdepends --follow=Depends,PreDepends,Recommends --show=Depends,PreDepends,Recommends xubuntu-desktop" does not show aforementioned types of dependencies of xubuntu-desktop recursively (but only 1st level dependencies).

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

I think the problem is due to the fact that apt-rdepends follows the AptPkg enumerator internal values (1,2 3, etc, see the AptPkg man page), not their value.
For instance the following command will correctly show Depends, PreDepends and Recommends:

apt-rdepends --follow=1,2,4 --show=1,2,4 xubuntu-desktop

This needs forwarding to Debian.

[Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)]

See also this Ubuntu bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/apt-rdepends/+bug/315567

Cesare

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Good to know. I hope the numerical values continue to work and also text values later. The values of the constants are not specified in either command's man page.

[jhansonxi (jhansonxi)]

Problem still exists on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) with 1.3.0-2 version.