It is rumored that on Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:03:09 -0700
Nahor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm doing an update on my system. Now, portage wants to install xinetd.
> AFAIK, I don't have any package that requires xinetd (nor
> virtual/inetd). When I run "etcat -d inet", none of the packages listed
> are installed.
> I upgraded anyway. "qpkd -I -q xinetd" didn't show anything. So I
> uninstalled xinetd. Now, "emerge -uDp world" shows xinetd again (that it
> wants to install as a new package).
> What other way is there to show what requires a specific package?
>
> Nahor
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This line will find any mention of ${1} for any installed package.
It's dirty, but thorough and you can go from there.
find /var/db/pkg/ -iname *ebuild | xargs grep ${1}
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