On Sunday 09 November 2008 08:13:41 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 09 November 2008 06:04:02 Dale wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > is there a way to list the package, which depend on
> > > a given (known) package (in my case a library)?
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Meino Cramer
> >
> > If I understand correctly, equery depends <package name> . That's if I
> > understand correctly. If you don't have it, emerge gentoolkit.
>
> Just be aware that equery depends is somewhat broken
>
> It lists dependencies in the tree, not dependencies a specific machine is
> using. Plus it doesn't find some valid deps either.
>
> It's still useful, but the user also has to use eix to determine which deps
> are valid for them and which are not.
well , what about dep?
from dep manpage
-l, --depends (default) List dependencies of PACKAGE
-L, --rev-depends List reverse dependencies of PACKAGE
show try dep -l amarok and you will get amarok dependencies .
Or try dep -L amarok and you will get the packages that depend on amarok
Sorry If I understand your question wrong
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Markos Chandras
