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| From: | Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge? | ||
| Date: | Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:07:13 | ||
| Message-Id: | 200909272307.05877.wonko@wonkology.org | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge? by Andrew Lowe |
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| 1 | Andrew Lowe writes: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > So after that rambling intro, is there a package/utility that will tell |
| 4 | > me, when in this situation, what package needs |
| 5 | > "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" and why it is being brought into my emerge. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Try these: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | - add -t to your emerge -pNuD world command |
| 10 | - emerge --depcean -pv oldPackageNoLongerNeeded |
| 11 | - grep oldPackageNoLongerNeeded /var/lib/portage/world |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Wonko |