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Quoting Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>:
> On 09/26/2009 04:05 AM, Andrew Lowe wrote:
<snip>
>> I've tried:
>>
>> "equery depends oldPackageNoLongerNeeded"
>>
>> and it lists nothing as needing "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded"
>
> "equery depends" won't list anything unless the package is question is
> installed.

Try "equery depends -a oldPackageNoLongerNeeded".  That should search all
available packages in the portage tree, including uninstalled ones.


Conway S. Smith