[debian-mysql] [MBF] mysql meta-packages

[Otto Kekäläinen]

2016-12-16 10:36 GMT+02:00 Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu at debian.org>:
>> I've tried to file bugs this week, but have been stalled on the fact
>> that I am havn't found good ways to generate the package listings.
>> I'll do another attempt tomorrow.
>
> Ok. For packages that suggest mysql-*, bugs shouldn't be RC, so maybe severity
> normal. For depends and recommends, it should be serious. (and for packages that
> have multiple of those, go with the higher severity and mention everything in
> the bug. you can have one template explaining everything and use that for
> everything).

This is the best I came up with:
sid:~$ grep-aptavail -s Source,Package -F
Depends,Pre-Depends,Recommends,Suggests " mysql-"

but it does not produce a listing that is easily parseable so that I
would only get a list of source packages or single binary packages
that have no Source: at all. Nor does the list seem to include all the
packages that Lintian finds at
https://lintian.debian.org/tags/depends-on-obsolete-package.html

Using 'apt rdepends' does not caths recommends or suggests, and it
does not list source packages but just the binary packages.

Should I next download
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/contrib/source/Sources.xz and
manually parse it?