in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Dino Vliet thusly... > > I'm almost ashamed to ask this BUT I really don't know how to find > the packages which depend upon a particular port. > > In this case, a portversion -l "<" showed mysql-client in that > list. I can't recall having installed it by myself
Did you install mysql-server with default options? Actually, in mysql51-server port, there is no option to disable install of the client portion. > I wanted to know what the packages are which depend on it. Can > somebody show me this command......and if it will be a RTFM > answer, please tell me which FM:-) Here are some of the ways not requiring connection to Internet I know ... - running "make -V {LIB,RUN,BUILD}_DEPENDS" in a port directory also lists the appropriate type of dependency list, so would running "make pretty-print-{run,build}-depends-list"; - pkg_info(1) w/ -[rR] options lists the dependencies for given ports|packages; - ${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}/INDEX* lists dependencies for each port (which may need post processing to be human readable); - sysutils/pkg_tree port creates text tree of the dependencies; As for FM, see ... - pkg_info(1) & pkg_tree(7) man pages; - ${PORTSDIR:-/usr/ports}/Mk/bsd.port.mk - Parv -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"