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Am 28.09.2011 05:12, schrieb meino.cramer@×××.de: |
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> Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> [11-09-28 04:05]: |
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>> Am 27.09.2011 20:24, schrieb meino.cramer@×××.de: |
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>>> Hi, |
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>>> ist there a tool, which displays the dependencies of loaded modules as |
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>>> a tree like pstree does for tasks? |
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>>> Thank you very much for any help in advance! :) |
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>>> Best regards |
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>>> mcc |
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>>> |
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>> Well, it's not a tool and it cannot print to terminal but you might want |
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>> to try out the bash skript below. It depends on media-gfx/graphviz to |
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>> create a postscript file visualizing the dependencies. The file will be |
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>> opened by your default postscript viewer (evince, okular, etc.). |
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> Hi Florian, |
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> thank you for your mail and the script. |
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> Unfortunately this is a little of a Lambourghini |
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> solution where a bicycle would completly suffice... ;) |
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> I had searched for a terminal related tool as pstree. |
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> Best regards, |
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> mcc |
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The problem with doing this non-graphically is that module dependencies |
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do not form a tree. They form a graph (multiple parents per child, |
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multiple childs per parent). Visualizing this likely exceeds the graphic |
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capabilities of terminals (you note that even with graphviz' advanced |
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automatic arrangement, there are still lines that cross half the image). |
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You could still create a tree, but only by making most modules appear |
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multiple times. |
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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |
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