From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from lostlogicx.com (host158.spe.iit.edu [198.37.27.158]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35611AC54D for ; Thu, 18 Jul 2002 13:47:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from lostlogic@localhost) by lostlogicx.com (8.11.4/8.11.2) id g6IIl1301248 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2002 13:47:01 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 13:47:01 -0500 From: Brandon Low To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Reverse Dependencies Message-ID: <20020718134701.A1128@lostlogicx.com> References: <200207181740.02902.bastiaf@gmx.de> <200207181339.47904.jsmith@kcco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200207181339.47904.jsmith@kcco.com>; from jsmith@kcco.com on Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 01:39:47PM -0500 X-Operating-System: Linux found 2.4.17-openmosix Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: d5c60169-c513-4374-a5a2-b5ce62ef3a3f X-Archives-Hash: 8ccf49c3000b04afabe58f387947be18 Just so yas know the depend script can be found at http://gentoo.lostlogicx.com/depend Ssrit on IRC and myself wrote the script, hopefully I'll get it into gentoolkit next week early. Let me know about any bugs in qpkg -q or depend so I can fix them, thanks! --Brandon On Thu, 07/18/02 at 13:39:47 -0500, Jean-Michel Smith wrote: > On Thursday 18 July 2002 10:40 am, Bastian Fuchs wrote: > > Hello! > > Are there plans to add reverse dependencies in Portage, for example that > > emerge warns you, if you want to uninstall X, but KDE needs X. > > The depends script, and 'qpkg -q' (gentoolkit) both give you this, at least in > as far as you can audit the reverse dependencies of the package you are about > to remove or 'clean'. > > I find both useful; they present similar information, but in a different > format. qpkg -q is great for tracing out the reverse depends of a particular > package, while depends is great for getting an overall picture of what > packages are missing their dependencies, if any. > > Jean. > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev