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Date:      Fri, 5 Jan 2007 17:45:00 -0500
From:      "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
To:        "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tracking port requires
Message-ID:  <fb6605670701051445u45f7d201o2603002a98345183@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070105222445.GD92161@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <fb6605670701051324q62c53822o77d1319841b3fa20@mail.gmail.com> <20070105222445.GD92161@dan.emsphone.com>

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On 1/5/07, Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote:
> The dependencies themselves are stored as @pkgdep lines in the
> /var/db/pkg/packagename/+CONTENTS file.  The reverse link is stored in
> /var/db/pkg/packagename/+REQUIRED_BY .  You can list the dependencies
> with the "pkg_info -r packagename" command, and the packages that
> require a package with "pkg_info -R packagename".

Great, thanks.

Mike
-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
--Albert Einstein



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