Since the recent discussion with Richard Stallman about the unsatisfied suggests message, I have undertaken the examination of the main archives.
The script that I am working on unpacks all of the .deb files it finds and collects Package:, Provides:, Pre-Depends:, Depends:, Recommends:, and Suggests: field information and deterines several things. I have already obtained some "interesting" information about the Depends: field, which I have summarized below. The most interesting problem looks like ppp, for which there isn't a package. Package not in archives Package which depends on Package not in archives CGI-modules faqomatic gas kernel-source-2.0.33 gas kernel-source-2.0.34 gas kernel-source-2.0.35 gas kernel-source-2.0.36 gas kernel-source-2.1.125 giflib3g-dev gdk-imlib-dev giflib3g-dev imlib-dev giflib3g-dev libfnlib-dev libc6.1 locale-ja libc6.1 locale-ko libglib1.1.12 (>= 1.1.12-1) chameleon libgtk1.1.12 (>= 1.1.12-1) chameleon libmagick4g-lzw imagemagick libmagick4g-lzw perlmagick ppp (=2.3.5-2) ppp-pam ppp (>= 2.2.0f-20) dunc ppp (>= 2.3) masqdialer ppp (>= 2.3) pppconfig ppp (>= 2.3.0) wvdial ppp (>>2.2) diald ppp pppupd ppp pptp-linux ssh rstart ssh rstartd tcl74 dotfile tcl75 dotfile tclx emacspeak tclx74 emacspeak tclx75 emacspeak tk40 dotfile tk40 x10-automate tk41 dotfile tk41 x10-automate xemacs19 python-elisp Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-