emerge -upD world These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating world dependencies ...done! [ebuild N ] x11-base/opengl-update-1.5 [ebuild N ] sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21 [ebuild N ] x11-misc/ttmkfdir-3.0.9 [ebuild N ] media-libs/fontconfig-2.2.1 [ebuild N ] app-arch/cabextract-0.6 [ebuild N ] x11-base/xfree-4.3.0-r3 [ebuild U ] dev-lang/tcl-8.4.4 [8.4.3] I do have etcat, but etcat -d xfree lists all the packages that depend on xfree, not only the installed packages.... On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Chris I wrote: > On 2003.10.24 03:50, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > > > As I said, how can I find WHICH packages wants xfree ? > > etcat -d <which package> ? Should I take each installed package and > > try ? > > No, you would do etcat -d xfree. etcat is part of the gentoolkit > package, so you may have to emerge it. man etcat would have told you > how the -d flag works. > > You could also try posting your list of updates on here. There could be > something that is wanting X that somebody else is aware of. Without > knowing what packages are needing updating, it's pretty much a shot in > the dark. > > > On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Tom Wesley wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:43, Andrei Ivanov wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > on a gentoo server, after I've just ran emerge sync, > > > > emerge -upvD world wants to install xfree... :( > (snip) > > > You could use `etcat -d <packagename>` to determine which of the > > new > > > packages portage is suggesting requires xfree? > > -- > > Chris I > > I need to discuss BUY-BACK PROVISIONS with at least six studio > SLEAZEBALLS!! > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
