it doesn't keep track. It's there in the deb file. It's part of the deb
file.


On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, newbie wrote:

>
> I am interested in finding out exactley how apt keeps track of dependencies.
> How does it know what packages need what? Where can I find that information?
> I've read just about everything on the debain site, but can't find any
> specific docs pertainging to indepth knowledge of how apt works.
>
> Do I need to just download the source and view it? Or does someone know of a
> white paper or something?
>
> Joe
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