Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:13:51 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg and reverse dependencies Message-ID: <c8c09af1-0f4d-2824-35d3-282cd29aa284@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <5a414a88-3e37-1c5c-1513-54b0dc601230@networktest.com> References: <3109508c-88e5-5d9c-0f7c-f3279e66eb3b@networktest.com> <CA%2BtpaK2%2BatvGAorSgXf8zELex=xFgqPMevKNZMK4mJQqEY=acQ@mail.gmail.com> <c398f08e-39cf-736d-e711-7c20afba7542@networktest.com> <5a414a88-3e37-1c5c-1513-54b0dc601230@networktest.com>
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On 24/10/2016 12:06, David Newman wrote: > On 10/23/16 6:31 PM, David Newman wrote: >> On 10/23/16 6:17 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: >>> -r, >> >> My understanding is that -r returns dependencies of an installed package >> -- i.e., which packages are required for that package to work. >> >> I am asking about the opposite: Which other packages depend on this >> package. This info was available from the old 'pkg_info -R' command. >> >>> man pkg-info >> >> No manual entry for pkg-info >> >> And new systems no longer include the old pkg_info command. Did you mean >> something else? pkg_info is the old command - man pkg-info should give the man page for the info command given to pkg - as in "pkg info php56" https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg-info&format=html > Arrrgh. Please ignore all this. 'pkg info -r' is exactly right. > If you need it -d is the opposite to -r -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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