Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:43:19 -0800 From: K Anderson <freebsduser@comcast.net> To: Zhang Weiwu <weiwuzhang@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple&silly wish to know port dependency. Message-ID: <3FA1E867.7090106@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <3FA32C52.5040906@hotmail.com> References: <3FA32C52.5040906@hotmail.com>
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Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Hello. When I make deinstall a port I often get the message: > port xxx depends on this port, but I'll still deinstall it anyway. > > That's really frustrating. I'd like to be able to know who depends on it > before de-installing it. Any suggestions? > > Look through the handbook I didn't find an answer. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Go inside your /var/db/pkg/<package name> and looke for the +REQUIRED BY file and there you have it. If you have one the ports you can use pkg_info -R <port name> and it will display the information. HTH
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