Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:28:06 +0200 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Conor McDermottroe <lists@mcdermottroe.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to find package dependencies from the package Message-ID: <432887D6.8040206@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <1126727985.776.8.camel@platinum.office.edgespace.net> References: <1126727985.776.8.camel@platinum.office.edgespace.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig8C03BA666B99D639D85AC256 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The named packages are most likely only required to build the port. Conor McDermottroe wrote: > Hi, > > I have a terrible feeling that this is a very stupid question, but here > goes: > > How do I programatically find out the list of packages that a given > package depends on? > > Given packages found at > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable/All/ > and > http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-5-packages-latest/All/ > and so on, I have done the following: > > pkg_info -r $package.tbz > > This always claims that the package depends on nothing at all, even when > I'm fairly sure it does. For example for the net/poptop port I get the > following: > > 20:55 root@platinum [~]# fetch > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-stable/All/poptop-1.1.4.b4_3.tbz > poptop-1.1.4.b4_3.tbz 100% of 23 kB 49 kBps > 20:55 root@platinum [~]# pkg_info -r poptop-1.1.4.b4_3.tbz > Information for poptop-1.1.4.b4_3.tbz: > > Depends on: > > 20:56 root@platinum [~]# > > This happens despite the fact that the entry at > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/net.html says: > > poptop-1.1.4.b4_3 > Windows 9x compatible PPTP (VPN) server > Long description | Package | Sources | Main Web Site > Maintained by: ports@FreeBSD.org > Requires: expat-1.95.8_3, gettext-0.14.5, gmake-3.80_2, > libgnugetopt-1.2, libiconv-1.9.2_1 > > This makes no sense to me, but I presume that either something is broken > somewhere or (way more likely) I am broken somewhere. :-) > > I would be very grateful if anyone could enlighten me. > > -C > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > --------------enig8C03BA666B99D639D85AC256 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDKIfbfMDIb41/+S0RAuLCAJ4rRDXgHeFWEIH7BxCpIPC4kxW1RQCdEKOl SvlxG9vVAMbzS5NBWB5sJcM= =4dzF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig8C03BA666B99D639D85AC256--
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