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On Sunday 09 November 2008 06:04:02 Dale wrote: |
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> meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > is there a way to list the package, which depend on |
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> > a given (known) package (in my case a library)? |
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> > Kind regards, |
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> > Meino Cramer |
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> If I understand correctly, equery depends <package name> . That's if I |
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> understand correctly. If you don't have it, emerge gentoolkit. |
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Just be aware that equery depends is somewhat broken |
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It lists dependencies in the tree, not dependencies a specific machine is |
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using. Plus it doesn't find some valid deps either. |
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It's still useful, but the user also has to use eix to determine which deps |
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are valid for them and which are not. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |