Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:04:40 -0700 From: Scott Oertel <freebsd@scottevil.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade port, a couple of questions Message-ID: <44D12178.8060007@scottevil.com> In-Reply-To: <200608021747.23216.nb_root@videotron.ca> References: <20060802212710.46366.qmail@web25214.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <200608021747.23216.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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Nicolas Blais wrote:
> On Wednesday 02 August 2006 17:27, Efren Bravo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> How can I see which ports depend on
>> libgmp-4.1.4_1?
>>
>> If I upgrade it, the applications that are using
>> the old libgmp would be affected?
>>
>> Thanks...
>>
>> Efren Bravo.
>>
>
> If you go into /var/db/pkg/libgmp-4.1.4_1 you'll see a file called
> +REQUIRED_BY. Read it (cat "+REQUIRED_BY") to see which ports require libgmp.
>
> You usually do not have to rebuild those ports unless there was a major change
> in the library. It's up to you to know if you need to rebuild them or not.
>
> Nicolas.
>
>
This is a question i've had for a while, so this ("+REQUIRED_BY") checks
what depends on libgmp, how do you check what libgmp depends on?
Scott.
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