Andrew Lowe wrote: > Hi all, > I've done an: > > "emerge --pretend -NuD world" > > and whilst reviewing the output, it lists an old package that I played > around with in the past but now no longer need. In turn I do: > > "emerge -C oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" > > the package is removed and I in turn do another > > "emerge --pretend -NuD world" > > but "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" is still there, although emerge tells > me its now gone from "U" to "N" ie Update to New. I've fired up "ufed" > and removed what I thought would be the appropriate USE tag, run the > emerge again and it's still there. I've tried: > > "equery depends oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" > > and it lists nothing as needing "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" > > I've looked through the emerge help and nothing springs to mind as > telling me why "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" is being brought in. > > So after that rambling intro, is there a package/utility that will > tell me, when in this situation, what package needs > "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" and why it is being brought into my emerge. > > Thanks for any help, > Andrew > > p.s. Tried Google on this and just couldn't seem to get the right > keywords o find anything..... > >
Check into the -t option. That should tell you what pulls it in even tho it is not installed. Just add the -t to the option you already have. Dale :-) :-)
