depends: find-like output

when dealing with package dependency woes, such as

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-10/msg00563.html

The current "depends" tree method fails, because it only shows the packages, not
the dependency paths. These paths are necessary to solve the "shortest path
problem"

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortest_path_problem

Now, every possible dependency path will print from the chosen package. Combined
with category search you can run searches such as

    apt-cyg category Base |
    apt-cyg depends |
    awk '/perl$/ {print length,$0}' |
    sort -n

Solving the path problem in seconds.

apt-cyg

@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ function apt-category {
       pck = $2
     }
     $1 == "category:" && $0 ~ query {
-      $1 = ""
+      print pck
-      printf "%-25s%s\n", pck, $0
     }
     ' query="$pks" setup.ini
   done
@@ -213,46 +212,33 @@ function apt-depends {
   check-packages
   for pkg in "${pks[@]}"
   do
-    (( sq++ )) && echo
     awk '
+    @include "join"
     $1 == "@" {
-      pkg = $2
+      apg = $2
     }
     $1 == "requires:" {
-      for (i=2; i<=NF; i++)
+      for (z=2; z<=NF; z++)
-        reqs[pkg][i-1]=$i
+        reqs[apg][z-1] = $z
     }
     END {
-      setMinDepth(query)
+      prpg(ENVIRON["pkg"])
-      prtPkg(query)
     }
-    function prtPkg(pkg,    req, i) {
+    function smartmatch(small, large,    values) {
-      depth++
+      for (each in large)
-      if ( depth == mn[pkg] && !seen[pkg]++ ) {
+        values[large[each]]
-        printf "%*s%s\n", indent, "", pkg
+      return small in values
-        indent += 2
-        if (pkg in reqs)
-          for (i=1; i in reqs[pkg]; i++) {
-            req = reqs[pkg][i]
-            prtPkg(req)
-          }
-        indent -= 2
-      }
-      depth--
     }
-    function setMinDepth(pkg,    req, i) {
+    function prpg(fpg) {
-      depth++
+      if (smartmatch(fpg, spath)) return
-      mn[pkg] = !(pkg in mn) || depth < mn[pkg] ? depth : mn[pkg]
+      spath[length(spath)+1] = fpg
-      if (depth == mn[pkg]) {
+      print join(spath, 1, length(spath))
-        if (pkg in reqs)
+      if (isarray(reqs[fpg]))
-          for (i=1; i in reqs[pkg]; i++) {
+        for (each in reqs[fpg])
-            req = reqs[pkg][i]
+          prpg(reqs[fpg][each])
-            setMinDepth(req)
+      delete spath[length(spath)]
-          }
-      }
-      depth--
     }
-    ' query="$pkg" setup.ini
+    ' setup.ini
   done
 }
 
@@ -595,6 +581,8 @@ do
   esac
 done
 
+set -a
+
 if type -t apt-$command | grep -q function
 then
   apt-$command