On Mar 31, Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote > > Yes.. but... > * Windows users probably don't need dependencies. Programs doesn't > usally depend on external libraries...
??? Most of the Windows programs I've seen kindly install a DLL or two in the \Windows directory. I don't know is dpkg would catch on on Windows, but dpkg's dependency mechanism provides a much cleaner handing of shared libraries than the "Windows way"... and is something that would do Windows much good, IMHO. You want to know is a shared library is still used? With dpkg: $ dpkg -r libc5 dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libc5: gmod depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1). xtoolwait depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.0-0). xsnow depends on libc5; however: Package libc5 is to be removed. v1 depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.0-0). seyon depends on libc5; however: Package libc5 is to be removed. amd depends on libc5 (>= 5.4.0-0). [snip] dpkg: error processing libc5 (--remove): dependency problems - not removing Errors were encountered while processing: libc5 On Windows: C:\> del \windows\whatever.dell ... and then see if something breaks. etc. Christian PS Of course, this doesn't really work unless a substantinal percentage of the applications use dpkg.
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