On Wednesday 11 October 2006 08:47, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
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> Yes, that's reverse dependencies.
>
> The portage way is to see if it shows up on emerge --depclean --pretend. If
> it doesn't then you have something in your world file that depends on it.
> If the package itself is in your wor
On Wednesday 11 October 2006 08:26, Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
> Maybe I meant reverse dependency. Not sure. I want to know what depends
> on a particular package so that I can decide whether I can delete it or
> not.
Yes, that's reverse dependencies.
The portage way is to see if it shows up on em
Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 October 2006 06:13, Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
>> I have seen it mentioned here several times that "equery depends ..." is
>> broken. Is there a good way to determine package dependency?
>
> This shows all dependencies required for $pkg:
>
> # emerge -pv
On Wednesday 11 October 2006 06:13, Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
> I have seen it mentioned here several times that "equery depends ..." is
> broken. Is there a good way to determine package dependency?
This shows all dependencies required for $pkg:
# emerge -pve $pkg
For an alternative you may hav
I have seen it mentioned here several times that "equery depends ..." is
broken. Is there a good way to determine package dependency?
Tony
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On 2/16/06, Nick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2/16/06, Ghaith Hachem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > usualy portatge tells you what is blocking what
> > anyway try emerge -av it will give you an idea of what you need
> >
> right, but i want to know that the package im going to remove becaus
On 2/16/06, Ghaith Hachem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> usualy portatge tells you what is blocking what
> anyway try emerge -av it will give you an idea of what you need
>
right, but i want to know that the package im going to remove because
its blocking something else isnt needed by another package
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Nick Smith wrote:
>is there a way to tell what packages are required by what? for
>instance i have a package that is blocking another package when i do
>an emerge, is there a way to tell if the package that is blocking the
>other is actually needed by
usualy portatge tells you what is blocking what
anyway try emerge -av it will give you an idea of what you need
On 2/16/06, Nick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> is there a way to tell what packages are required by what? for
> instance i have a package that is blocking another package when i do
is there a way to tell what packages are required by what? for
instance i have a package that is blocking another package when i do
an emerge, is there a way to tell if the package that is blocking the
other is actually needed by any other package on the system before i
unmerge it?
thanks
Nick
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