From: aba <aba@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:46:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: more rdepends packages
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eca1896580af23072a2f93b80e5fa5b19626a09b;p=developers-reference.git

more rdepends packages


git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@3947 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7523a76..7dc71e2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
     Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
   * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
     to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
+  * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
 
  -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org>  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
 
diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index 5834120..3a5f14d 100644
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <!ENTITY % dynamicdata  SYSTEM "dynamic.ent" > %dynamicdata;
 
   <!-- CVS revision of this document -->
-  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.300 $">
+  <!ENTITY cvs-rev "$Revision: 1.301 $">
 
   <!-- if you are translating this document, please notate the CVS
        revision of the original developer's reference in cvs-en-rev -->
@@ -2555,6 +2555,10 @@ If in doubt concerning whether a package is disposable, email
 package.  When invoked as <tt>apt-cache showpkg
 <var>package</var></tt>, the program will show details for
 <var>package</var>, including reverse depends.
+Other useful programs include
+<tt>apt-cache rdepends</tt>,
+<prgn>apt-rdepends</prgn> and
+<prgn>grep-dctrl>.
 Removal of orphaned packages is discussed on &email-debian-qa;.
 	<p>
 Once the package has been removed, the package's bugs should be handled.