58830 2026-04-22 13:13:49 +0300 apt-cache whatdepends does not notice direct/alternative deps; selects only one instance for the named package 2026-04-22 13:25:25 +0300 1 1 4 Development Sisyphus apt unstable all Linux NEW P5 normal --- 1 imz placeholder boyarsh glebfm imz ldv placeholder vt qa-sisyphus oldest_to_newest 286149 0 imz 2026-04-22 13:13:49 +0300 $ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7 librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 librpmbuild7-debuginfo-4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 Depends: librpmbuild7 = 4.13.0.1-alt44 dnf5-plugins-5.4.0.0-alt1:sisyphus+411009.2.6.1@1773309762 Depends: <librpmbuild.so.7()(64bit)> librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 $ "whatdepends" lists too little. At least, no direct dependencies, which are known to be shown by "showpkg": $ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache showpkg librpmbuild7 Package: librpmbuild7 Versions: 4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801(/tmp/.private/imz/hasher/repo/x86_64/RPMS.hasher/) 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476(/tmp/.private/imz/hasher/aptbox/var/lib/apt/lists/../../../../../apt-lists/ftp.altlinux.org_pub_distributions_ALTLinux_Sisyphus_x86%5f64_base_pkglist.classic)(/tmp/.private/imz/hasher/aptbox/var/lib/rpm/Packages) Reverse Depends: rpmspec,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1 python3-module-rpm,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1 python-module-rpm,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1 librpm-devel,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1 rpmspec,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44 librpm-devel,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44 python-module-rpm,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44 python3-module-rpm,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44 librpmbuild7-debuginfo,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44 Dependencies: 4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 - libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)(64bit) (0 (null)) libcap.so.2()(64bit) (2 set:kirQLhjUBY0) libmagic.so.1()(64bit) (2 set:ifeePaApd4op02) libpopt.so.0()(64bit) (2 set:jftck0pY4jRJWvaCunRMZrjSd) librpm7 (5 4.13.0.1-alt44) 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476 - libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)(64bit) (0 (null)) libcap.so.2()(64bit) (2 set:kirQLhjUBY0) libmagic.so.1()(64bit) (2 set:ifeePaApd4op02) libpopt.so.0()(64bit) (2 set:jftck0pY4jRJWvaCunRMZrjSd) librpm7 (5 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1) Provides: 4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 - librpmbuild7 librpmbuild.so.7()(64bit) 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476 - librpmbuild7 librpmbuild.so.7()(64bit) Reverse Provides: librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476 librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 $ Actually, the results of "whatdepends" are quite different in the host system (with the same apt, but p11 as the sources): # apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7 librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 i586-librpmbuild7.32bit-4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716481322 Depends: librpmbuild7 = 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 rpmspec-4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 Depends: librpmbuild7 = 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 python3-module-rpm-4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 Depends: librpmbuild7 = 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 python-module-rpm-4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 Depends: librpmbuild7 = 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 librpm-devel-4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 Depends: librpmbuild7 = 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 # I'd say they are complete (as expected): # apt-cache showpkg librpmbuild7 Package: librpmbuild7 Versions: 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.altlinux.org_pub_distributions_ALTLinux_p11_branch_x86%5f64_base_pkglist.classic)(/var/lib/rpm/Packages) Reverse Depends: i586-librpmbuild7.32bit,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 rpmspec,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 python3-module-rpm,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 python-module-rpm,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 librpm-devel,librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1 Dependencies: 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 - libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)(64bit) (0 (null)) libcap.so.2()(64bit) (2 set:kirQLhjUBY0) libmagic.so.1()(64bit) (2 set:ifeePaApd4op02) libpopt.so.0()(64bit) (2 set:jftck0pY4jRJWvaCunRMZrjSd) librpm7 (5 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1) Provides: 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 - librpmbuild7 librpmbuild.so.7()(64bit) Reverse Provides: librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt40:p11+348761.100.1.1@1716479364 # How to reproduce: apt-0.5.15lorg2-alt100.x86_64 hasher-1.7.4-alt1.noarch In this case, I rebuilt rpm from sisyphus in hasher first. 286152 1 imz 2026-04-22 13:25:25 +0300 Now I see a part of the reason. The reason is that a specific instance of the named package is selected (in this case, the rebuilt one): $ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7 librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 but it's impossible to specify a different one on the command line: 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476 [imz@cheval ~]$ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7='4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476' W: Unable to locate package librpmbuild7=4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476 [imz@cheval ~]$ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7-'4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476' W: Unable to locate package librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476 [imz@cheval ~]$ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7-'4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1' W: Unable to locate package librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1 [imz@cheval ~]$ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7='4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1' W: Unable to locate package librpmbuild7=4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1 [imz@cheval ~]$ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7='4.13.0.1-alt44' W: Unable to locate package librpmbuild7=4.13.0.1-alt44 [imz@cheval ~]$ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends librpmbuild7-'4.13.0.1-alt44' W: Unable to locate package librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt44 [imz@cheval ~]$ And this doesn't justify it not showing the direct deps from the newly rebuilt packages, like this one: $ ~/hasher/aptbox/apt-cache depends rpmspec rpmspec-4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 Depends: </lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2> glibc-core-6:2.40.0.224.573a-alt1:sisyphus+413851.100.2.1@1775135301 Depends: <libpopt.so.0()(64bit)> libpopt-1:1.18-alt1:sisyphus+283609.300.5.1@1630003299 Depends: librpmbuild7 = 4.13.0.1-alt44 Conflicts: rpm < 4.13.0-alt6 $ Maybe it doesn't show it because there is an alternative way to satisfy it (not only librpmbuild7-4.13.0.1-alt44@1776845801 , but also librpmbuild7 4.13.0.1-alt44:sisyphus+405580.200.3.1@1768927476)