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From: Catalin Trifu <catalin@isp-software.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: package dependencies
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:46:29 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dt2vc5$mk3$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bba6100b0602161059m261ce3edvcde04e91f1257f72@mail.gmail.com>

	equery depends {blocking_package}

    This will give you a list of all the packages that require the blocker.
    equery is in app-portage/gentoolkit

Catalin


Nick Smith wrote:
> is there a way to tell what packages are required by what?  for
> instance i have a package that is blocking another package when i do
> an emerge, is there a way to tell if the package that is blocking the
> other is actually needed by any other package on the system before i
> unmerge it?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Nick
> 

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-02-16 22:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-16 18:59 [gentoo-user] package dependencies Nick Smith
2006-02-16 19:13 ` Ghaith Hachem
2006-02-16 19:33   ` Nick Smith
2006-02-16 19:40     ` Daniel da Veiga
2006-02-16 22:10       ` [gentoo-user] " Mick
2006-02-16 19:13 ` [gentoo-user] " gentuxx
2006-02-16 22:46 ` Catalin Trifu [this message]
2006-02-20  7:33   ` [gentoo-user] " Catalin Grigoroscuta

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