Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:34:00 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <chris@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade port, a couple of questions Message-ID: <44D12858.8030704@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <44D12178.8060007@scottevil.com> References: <20060802212710.46366.qmail@web25214.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <200608021747.23216.nb_root@videotron.ca> <44D12178.8060007@scottevil.com>
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Scott Oertel wrote: > Nicolas Blais wrote: >> On Wednesday 02 August 2006 17:27, Efren Bravo wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> How can I see which ports depend on >>> libgmp-4.1.4_1? >>> >>> If I upgrade it, the applications that are using >>> the old libgmp would be affected? >>> >>> Thanks... >>> >>> Efren Bravo. >>> >> >> If you go into /var/db/pkg/libgmp-4.1.4_1 you'll see a file called >> +REQUIRED_BY. Read it (cat "+REQUIRED_BY") to see which ports require >> libgmp. >> >> You usually do not have to rebuild those ports unless there was a >> major change in the library. It's up to you to know if you need to >> rebuild them or not. >> >> Nicolas. >> >> > This is a question i've had for a while, so this ("+REQUIRED_BY") checks > what depends on libgmp, how do you check what libgmp depends on? pkg_info? -r Show the list of packages on which each package depends. -R Show the list of installed packages which require each package. Also I've found portmanager copes pretty well with most dependencies. Chris > > > Scott. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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