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From: Martins Steinbergs <mar@××.lv>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Finding which package requires another
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:18:53
Message-Id: 200604241808.48002.mar@ml.lv
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Finding which package requires another by "Michael J. Barillier"
1 On Monday 24 April 2006 17:55, Michael J. Barillier wrote:
2 > I've removed Apache from my system (using `emerge -C') in order to use a
3 > version I've compiled/installed to /usr/local. My world file has no
4 > traces of apache, php, apr or apr-util, nor can I see anything in there
5 > that should require Apache be installed. `equery depends apache'
6 > reports nothing, yet when I run `emerge -pvuD world', emerge wants to
7 > re-install Apache, PHP and everything else I've removed.
8 >
9 > Am I correct that `equery depends apache' should list the packages that
10 > require Apache? If that's the case, then is there something cached or
11 > in another file that makes Gentoo think it needs to re-install Apache?
12 >
13 > thx -
14
15 you didnt mention USE flags, look into /etc/make.conf
16 and /etc/portage/package.use for apache apache2 use flag
17
18
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20 Linux 2.6.15-ck7 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
21 18:06:09 up 20:40, 7 users, load average: 1.41, 1.90, 2.08
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