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From: David Garcia Watkins <dgw@××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging dependent packages
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:06:30
Message-Id: 200404162006.28774.dgw@qlogic.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging dependent packages by John Nilsson
1 On Friday 16 April 2004 16:38, John Nilsson wrote:
2 > > emerge gentoolkit; qpkg -I -q PKGNAME
3 > >
4 > > That will list all installed packages that depend on PKGNAME. It will
5 > > not automatically unmerge them for you, do some grepping for that.
6 >
7 > somehow I never get what I want with that command
8
9 Maybe because xfree isnt installed?
10
11 That command will list all *installed* packages that depend on xfree.
12
13 > emerge -uD world -pv tries to install xfree
14
15 I recently found out about the --tree parameter, try this:
16
17 emerge -uDpv world --tree
18
19 It might give you a clue of where the dependancy comes from.
20
21 Good day!
22
23 David Garcia Watkins
24 dgw@××××××.net
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Unmerging dependent packages John Nilsson <john@×××××××.nu>