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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {} {@var{newdesc} =} save_order (@var{desc})
## Undocumented internal function.
## @end deftypefn

function newdesc = save_order (desc)

  newdesc = {};
  for i = 1 : length (desc)
    deps = desc{i}.depends;
    if (isempty (deps)
        || (length (deps) == 1 && strcmp (deps{1}.package, "octave")))
      newdesc{end + 1} = desc{i};
    else
      tmpdesc = {};
      for k = 1 : length (deps)
        for j = 1 : length (desc)
          if (strcmp (desc{j}.name, deps{k}.package))
            tmpdesc{end+1} = desc{j};
            break;
          endif
        endfor
      endfor
      if (! isempty (tmpdesc))
        newdesc = {newdesc{:}, save_order(tmpdesc){:}, desc{i}};
      else
        newdesc{end+1} = desc{i};
      endif
    endif
  endfor

  ## Eliminate the duplicates.
  idx = [];
  for i = 1 : length (newdesc)
    for j = (i + 1) : length (newdesc)
      if (strcmp (newdesc{i}.name, newdesc{j}.name))
        idx(end + 1) = j;
      endif
    endfor
  endfor
  newdesc(idx) = [];

endfunction