On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:09:02 +0330, Bahman Movaqar wrote: > On 2007-11-22 Robert Huff wrote: > > > > > David Benfell writes: > > > > > Also, in deinstalling jdk, I found that apache-ant relied upon > > > it, but I couldn't see what depended on apache-ant. > > > > "man pkg_info", paying attention to the 'r' and 'R' options. > > > > > Is there a workaround for apache-ant? > > > > If it's a mandatory dependency - i.e. not installed because of > > an option - the anxwer is probably "No.". > > You could consult the maintainer for a more authoratative > > opinion. > > # cat /var/db/pkg/apache-ant-X.Y.Z/+REQUIRED_BY > Where X, Y and Z are ant versions. If the file exists, the contents > show the ports that depend on ant. If it doesn't exist, it means that > no other port is dependant on ant. > earth% cat /var/db/pkg/apache-ant-1.7.0_1/+REQUIRED_BY cat: /var/db/pkg/apache-ant-1.7.0_1/+REQUIRED_BY: No such file or directory earth%
> However, keep in mind that ant is a build (make) tool for Java > applications. It is quite possible that there are no applications that > depend on ant for running and at the same time it is likely that if you > deinstall ant you won't be able to build (run?) some of your Java > applications anymore. > Given that I do not feel I can afford to have Java on the system, this is a sacrifice I feel is necessary. In the process of updating ports, apache-ant has already been reinstalled. I had installed kaffe when I removed jdk*; but apache-ant now seems to depend on diablo-jdk. earth% pkg_info -r diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01_8 Information for diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01_8: Depends on: Dependency: xtrans-1.0.4 Dependency: xproto-7.0.10_1 Dependency: xextproto-7.0.2 Dependency: javavmwrapper-2.3 earth% cat /var/db/pkg/diablo-jdk-1.5.0.07.01_8/+REQUIRED_BY apache-ant-1.7.0_1 earth% At least I do not yet see java_vm (which seems to have been the culprit in cases where I was able to get back into the system) yet reappearing. When I encountered difficulty this morning, I had left both firefox and an ports upgrade running. In the past, I had associated the problem with a java script from Blackboard at the university where I attend and teach, but in the situation this morning, I had not invoked that script. So I'm guessing that java_vm had been invoked by apache-ant which previously depended on jdk* rather than diablo-jdk*. I am wondering if I have any reason to believe that diablo-jdk is sufficiently different from jdk to avoid the problem. -- David Benfell, LCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/ NOTE: I sign all messages with GnuPG (0DD1D1E3).
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