2014-02-20 13:38 GMT+01:00 Helmut Jarausch <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I have a very simple question. How to emerge (update) all packages which > depend on some > given package P. > > I've tried > > emerge -uv1 `equery -q d P` > > or emerge -uv1 `qdepends -q -Q P` > > but both commands (equery and qdepends) generate a list with the version > attached like > app-editors/kile-2.1.3 > which emerge doesn't like (unless there is an '= in front of each name) > > Is there an easy way to do so without resorting to shell/python scripting? > > Many thanks for a hint, > Helmut >
Hi, I just had a look on eix and figured out that "eix --deps -# -I P" lists all packages in short for that are installed and have P in their dependency variables plus the package itself. Hope to help -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Randolph Maaßen
