dep file is created from txz file running depfinder depfinder -f package-name.txz dep files are not needed to create PACKAGES.TXT. Slackware repos have PACKAGES.TXT without dependency files. dep files for slackel are here inside the sub-directories user do not need the dep files to use slackel ...

Where would I get the mentioned DEP files?

Specifically, do you use .DEP files to generate it, or is it by hand?

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