From: Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge?
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:07:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200909272307.05877.wonko@wonkology.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ABD68BD.7070806@wht.com.au>
Andrew Lowe writes:
> So after that rambling intro, is there a package/utility that will tell
> me, when in this situation, what package needs
> "oldPackageNoLongerNeeded" and why it is being brought into my emerge.
Try these:
- add -t to your emerge -pNuD world command
- emerge --depcean -pv oldPackageNoLongerNeeded
- grep oldPackageNoLongerNeeded /var/lib/portage/world
Wonko
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-27 21:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-26 1:05 [gentoo-user] What causes a package to be brought in during a big emerge? Andrew Lowe
2009-09-26 1:08 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-09-26 2:08 ` Andrew Lowe
2009-09-26 2:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2009-09-26 8:32 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-09-26 13:22 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-09-26 20:55 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-09-26 21:01 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-09-26 21:34 ` Dale
2009-09-26 13:35 ` beolach
2009-09-26 2:52 ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2009-09-27 21:07 ` Alex Schuster [this message]
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