Both of these responses helped me understand dependents and dependenciesmuch better. Thanks
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Jeremy Lavergne <[email protected]>wrote: > > I am confused what "port uninstall --follow-dependents <portfile>" or is > it "--follow-dependencies" will uninstall? For example, if I enter "port > dependents inkscape", Macports replies there are no dependents. On the > other hand, "port deps inkscape" lists a large number of library dependents > and some build dependents of inkscape e.g. poppler and perl5. So what will > the follow flag do when it is executed; try to uninstall all the library > and build dependents or just uninstall inkscape? > > Dependents (dependentof) are packages that use X. Dependencies (depof) are > what X uses. > > Yes, the follow flags will try to recurse through the tree uninstalling > packages that don't have dependents. > > Depending on what you're trying to do, you might also check out "leaves". > >
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