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6 dpkg-depcheck - determine packages used to execute a command
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9 dpkg-depcheck [options] command
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12 This program runs the specified command under strace and then deter‐
13 mines and outputs the packages used in the process. The list can be
14 trimmed in various ways as described in the options below. A good
15 example of this program would be the command dpkg-depcheck -b
16 debian/rules build, which would give a good first approximation to the
17 Build-Depends line needed by a Debian package. Note, however, that
18 this does not give any direct information on versions required or
19 architecture-specific packages.
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22 -a, --all
23 Report all packages used to run command. This is the default
24 behaviour. If used in conjunction with -b, -d or -m, gives
25 additional information on those packages skipped by these
26 options.
27 -b, --build-depends
29 Do not report any build-essential or essential packages used, or
30 any of their (direct or indirect) dependencies.
31 -d, --ignore-dev-deps
33 Do not show packages used which are direct dependencies of -dev
34 packages used. This implies -b.
35 -m, --min-deps
37 Output a minimal set of packages needed, taking into account
38 direct dependencies. Using -m implies -d and also -b.
39 -C, --C-locale
41 Run command with the C locale.
42 --no-C-locale
44 Don't change locale when running command.
45 -l, --list-files
47 Also report the list of files used in each package.
48 --no-list-files
50 Do not report the files used in each package. Cancels a -l
51 option.
52 -o, --output=FILE
54 Output the package diagnostics to FILE instead of stdout.
55 -O, --strace-output=FILE
57 Write the strace output to FILE when tracing command instead of
58 using a temporary file.
59 -I, --strace-input=FILE
61 Get strace output from FILE instead of tracing command; strace
62 must have be run with the -f -q options for this to work.
63 -f, --features=LIST
65 Enable or disabled features given in the comma-separated LIST as
66 follows. A feature is enabled with +feature or just feature and
67 disabled with -feature. The currently recognised features are:
68 warn-local
69 Warn if files in /usr/local or /var/local are used.
70 Enabled by default.
71 discard-check-version
72 Discards execve when only a --version argument is given
73 to the program; this works around some configure scripts
74 that check for binaries they don't actually use. Enabled
75 by default.
76 trace-local
77 Also try to identify files which are accessed in
78 /usr/local and /var/local. Not usually very useful, as
79 Debian does not place files in these directories. Dis‐
80 abled by default.
81 catch-alternatives
82 Warn about access to files controlled by the Debian
83 alternatives mechanism. Enabled by default.
84 discard-sgml-catalogs
85 Discards access to SGML catalogs; some SGML tools read
86 all the registered catalogs at startup. Files matching
87 the regexp /usr/share/sgml/.*\.cat are recognised as
88 catalogs. Enabled by default.
89 --no-conf, --noconf
91 Do not read any configuration files. This can only be used as
92 the first option given on the command-line.
93 -h, --help
95 Display usage information and exit.
96 -v, --version
98 Display version and copyright information and exit.
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101 The two configuration files /etc/devscripts.conf and ~/.devscripts are
102 sourced in that order to set configuration variables. Command line
103 options can be used to override configuration file settings. Environ‐
104 ment variable settings are ignored for this purpose. The currently
105 recognised variable is:
106 DPKG_DEPCHECK_OPTIONS
108 These are options which are parsed before the command-line
109 options. For example,
110 DPKG_DEPCHECK_OPTIONS="-b -f-catch-alternatives"
112 which passes these options to dpkg-depcheck before any command-
114 line options are processed. You are advised not to try tricky
115 quoting, because of the vagaries of shell quoting!
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118 dpkg(1), strace(1), devscripts.conf(5), update-alternatives(8)
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121 Copyright 2001 Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>. Modifications
122 copyright 2002,2003 Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>. dpkg-depcheck is
123 free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, version 2 or
124 (at your option) any later version, and you are welcome to change it
125 and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. There is
126 absolutely no warranty for dpkg-depcheck.
127dpkg-depcheck March 2002 DPKG-DEPCHECK(1)