From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 00:16:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B76016A420 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53ABE13C457 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:16:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.28]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2007 19:16:21 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.8.5-GA) with ESMTP id JJE85703; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:16:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-22-188.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.22.188]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2007 19:15:18 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18246.7125.29876.835213@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:16:21 -0500 To: David Benfell In-Reply-To: <20071122174115.GA23792@parts-unknown.org> References: <20071122174115.GA23792@parts-unknown.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr08.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How do I prevent a port from installing? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:16:22 -0000 David Benfell writes: > Also, in deinstalling jdk, I found that apache-ant relied upon > it, but I couldn't see what depended on apache-ant. "man pkg_info", paying attention to the 'r' and 'R' options. > Is there a workaround for apache-ant? If it's a mandatory dependency - i.e. not installed because of an option - the anxwer is probably "No.". You could consult the maintainer for a more authoratative opinion. Robert Huff