Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:53:36 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_info Ideals Message-ID: <20020218035336.GA30433@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020217211528.A54834@databits.net> References: <200202180036.LAA24073@lightning.itga.com.au> <200202180053.QAA10387@eskimo.com> <20020217211528.A54834@databits.net>
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in message <20020217211528.A54834@databits.net>, wrote Pete Fritchman thusly... > > Perhaps you could look through /var/db/pkg, and any package that doesn't > have a "+REQUIRED_BY" file would be flagged as a package you need to > install. ...but don't do it blindly if not using portupgrade utilities. w/ freebsd pkg_* functions, "required by" files are not always correctly updated. "pkgdb -F" or "pkg_deinstall" -- from portupgrade port -- generate/correct those "required by" files depending on what is currently installed (in /var/db/pkg) not what's in the ports tree. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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