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From: beolach@××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:35:55
Message-Id: 20090926073553.mo45ensy2w4kggw4@webmail.xmission.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge? by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Quoting Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>:
2 > On 09/26/2009 04:05 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote:
3 <snip>
4 >> I've tried:
5 >>
6 >> "equery depends oldPackageNoLongerNeeded"
7 >>
8 >> and it lists nothing as needing "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded"
9 >
10 > "equery depends" won't list anything unless the package is question is
11 > installed.
12
13 Try "equery depends -a oldPackageNoLongerNeeded". That should search all
14 available packages in the portage tree, including uninstalled ones.
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17 Conway S. Smith