[antlr-interest] expr for package dependencies

[hanasaki]

any thoughts on topological sorting?  the concept seems to hold some 
promise but its a new topic for me.

Martin Probst wrote:
> Hi,
> if you need a relational schema this depends largely on the degree of
> normalization you want to reach. E.g. you could either split up
> everything into specific tables which would result in quite an amount of
> tables, more programming effort and more load on the dbms. If you opt
> for less normalization you could just write some of the fields into
> single varchar entries which would have to be parsed by the application.
> To achieve the "or" relations you might need to invent some kind of
> "meta-packages" (like spell-check engine) which can be provided by
> several other packages. Gentoo does this via "virtual" packages, e.g.
> both Xfree and X.org provide "virtual/X11" in Gentoo.
> Anyway for resolving complete dependencies you would either write a
> _really_ complex SQL query or just pull the logic "A needs B, B needs C
> --> A needs C" into your application.
> 
> HTH,
> Martin
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 19.01.2005, 14:13 -0600 schrieb hanasaki:
> 
>>Been looking at the way package dependencies are shown and used.  An 
>>example from a Debian Linux system is shown below.
>>
>>Parsing the expression isn't a big deal.  I am interested in how folks 
>>would represent what is parsed to determine the below.  This is more 
>>related to consuming the parsed info than actual parsing so please 
>>excuse it being semiOffTopic.
>>
>>does one build a db/rdbms out of the Packages.gz (this file contains 
>>multiple text entries like the one shown below) that apt-get (the that 
>>interprets package info and determines what gets upgraded and / or 
>>conflicts) gets?
>>
>>how are the "and/or" and version >=, > ... consumed, recursively? to 
>>determine requested packageA needs packageB and C and B needs D and 
>>maybe even D conflicts with A?
>>
>>thanks.
>>
>>=== example from debian ====
>>http://security.debian.org/dists/woody/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
>>===
>>Package: abiword-common
>>Priority: optional
>>Section: editors
>>Installed-Size: 2344
>>Maintainer: Masayuki Hatta <mhatta at debian.org>
>>Architecture: i386
>>Source: abiword
>>Version: 1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2
>>Replaces: abisuite, abiword-xml, abiword-expat, abiword (<< 0.99.2)
>>Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), debconf, defoma (>= 0.10.2), gsfonts (>= 
>>6.0-2), libpspell-ispell1 | aspell-dictionary | aspell-en | aspell-da | 
>>aspell-de | aspell-es | aspell-fo | aspell-fr | aspell-no | aspell-pt, 
>>psfontmgr, xbase-clients
>>Recommends: abiword-gtk | abiword-gnome, abiword-doc, abiword-plugins, 
>>xfonts-abi, x-ttcidfont-conf
>>Suggests: xfs
>>Conflicts: abi-fonts, abisuite, abiword-xml, abiword-expat, abiword (<< 
>>0.99.2), abiword-doc (<< 1.0.2)
>>Filename: 
>>pool/updates/main/a/abiword/abiword-common_1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2_i386.deb
>>Size: 533908
>>MD5sum: f3d4e7035c0d0e9fcf6c53386f9305f6
>>Description: WYSIWYG word processor
>>  AbiWord is the first application of a complete, open source office
>>  suite. The upstream source includes cross-platform support for Win32,
>>  BeOS, and QNX as well as GTK+ on Unix.
>>  .
>>  AbiWord is still being developed. It's quite usable but not yet full-
>>  featured or polished. For many applications, however, it should prove
>>  effective and efficient.
>>  .
>>  This program includes support for reading Microsoft Word files,
>>  RTF files, and many other foreign file formats. Natively, it uses a
>>  custom XML-based file format.
>>
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