Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:53:22 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: 1126 <mailinglists@elfsechsundzwanzig.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "required by"? Message-ID: <4EF22B22.2040709@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112211927100.9546@Lux.localdomain> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112211927100.9546@Lux.localdomain>
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On 12/21/2011 1:30 PM, 1126 wrote: > Hello guys! > > I got a question concerning dependencies.. Is there a method to check > what depends on a given port? What do I have to do to check what depends > on - say - gconf? I know that there's a way to check what gconf depends > on (via checking freshports.org for example), but what about the other > way around? Try pkg_info -r and -R eg pkg_info -R m4-1.4.16,1 Information for m4-1.4.16,1: Required by: autoconf-2.68 automake-1.11.1 bison-2.4.3,1 # pkg_info -r automake-1.11.1 Information for automake-1.11.1: Depends on: Dependency: perl-threaded-5.14.1_3 Dependency: m4-1.4.16,1 Dependency: automake-wrapper-20101119 Dependency: autoconf-wrapper-20101119 Dependency: autoconf-2.68 Another way is described at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-finding-applications.html ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
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