On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Tom Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/01/16 22:24, Troy Dawson wrote:
>
>> Here's the problem, and I think many of us nodejs packages have hit it.
>>
>> You update a package, every test you try works, great.  You push it to
>> stable, and the next morning you get a pile of emails stating that you
>> broke all sorts of dependencies.  Not that your new package can't
>> install, but other packages that depended on your package can no
>> longer install.
>>
>> How can I check for dependent issues before I push to stable?
>
>
> The best way I know is to check what requires the package:
>
>   dnf repoquery --whatrequires 'npm(ws)'
>
> In this case the answer appears to be (in F23) nothing!
>
> But if something does require it then check exactly what version it requires
> with:
>
>   dnf repoquery --requires <requiring-package>
>
> Tom
>

Thank you Tom
I am now much less stressed about pushing out this update.
And ... now I have a nifty tool in my packaging toolbelt.

Troy
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