Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:34:09 -0500 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple question...how to show packages which depend upon a particular port Message-ID: <20061130053409.GA5162@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <629233.82571.qm@web51109.mail.yahoo.com> References: <629233.82571.qm@web51109.mail.yahoo.com>
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wrote Dino Vliet thusly...
>
> I'm almost ashamed to ask this BUT I really don't know how to find
> the packages which depend upon a particular port.
>
> In this case, a portversion -l "<" showed mysql-client in that
> list. I can't recall having installed it by myself
Did you install mysql-server with default options? Actually, in
mysql51-server port, there is no option to disable install of the
client portion.
> I wanted to know what the packages are which depend on it. Can
> somebody show me this command......and if it will be a RTFM
> answer, please tell me which FM:-)
Here are some of the ways not requiring connection to Internet I
know ...
- running "make -V {LIB,RUN,BUILD}_DEPENDS" in a port directory
also lists the appropriate type of dependency list, so would
running "make pretty-print-{run,build}-depends-list";
- pkg_info(1) w/ -[rR] options lists the dependencies for given
ports|packages;
- ${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}/INDEX* lists dependencies for each port
(which may need post processing to be human readable);
- sysutils/pkg_tree port creates text tree of the dependencies;
As for FM, see ...
- pkg_info(1) & pkg_tree(7) man pages;
- ${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}/Mk/bsd.port.mk
- Parv
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