Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:56:43 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> Cc: FBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: finding which apps use a given port Message-ID: <18616.18027.904902.92999@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <48B8448F.8040802@lcwords.com> References: <48B8448F.8040802@lcwords.com>
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Zbigniew Szalbot writes: > For a long time there has been a problem with posix-something port (as > reported by portaudit) and I do not see an update to this particular > port. How would I go about checking which ports/applications use this > particular posix port? I am tempted to remove it but need to check why > it is there in first place... pkg_info -R <port_name> This assumes you have it installed. If not, you can try grepping the ports tree ... which can get messy if many ports depend on it. Robert Huff
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