On 2009-12-22, at 21:32 , nox wrote: > A dependent of X is a port Y which depends on X. > A dependency of X is a port Y which X depends on. > So if port Y depends on say A, B, C, what would be the correct way to uninstall Y and its dependencies.
> Le 23 déc. 2009 à 03:20, Peter Hindrichs a écrit : > >> Yes I thought that they would be one in the same. Further explanation would >> be greatly appreciated. >> >> On 2009-12-22, at 21:17 , Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> >>>>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> writes: >>> >>> Joshua> He said dependencies, not dependents. Probably want port_cutleaves. >>> >>> OK, can you elaborate? What are the differences? >>> >>> If I say "port uninstall foo" and it says "can't do that, bar needs it", >>> is bar a dependency or a dependent or both, and if not both, what's >>> an example of the other? >>> >>> -- >>> Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 >>> <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> >>> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. >>> See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> macports-users mailing list >> macports-users@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > Peter _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users