On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:53:46 -0500 "Tom" <[email protected]> wrote: > I admit that this question is rather trivial, but here it goes. In > "paludis --uninstall --with_dependencies <target>", why is the > "--with-dependencies" option called "with dependencies"? To me, > that seems to imply that paludis will uninstall the target package > and every package that it depends on (similar to the > --with-unused-dependencies option, except that it would dangerously > uninstall used dependencies as well), but what it actually does (as > per the documentation) is to uninstall the target package and every > package that depends on the target, making it more like a > "--with-depended-upon" option. In other words, if A -> B -> C, then > "paludis -u --with-dependencies B" will uninstall B and C rather than > B and A. Is "depended upon" considered to be a type of dependency or > is the option supposed to imply "uninstall every package for which > dependency=target"? Just curious. No big deal.
Unfortunately 'dependencies' and 'dependents' are another of those terms like 'reverse dependencies' that mean different things to different people. No matter which way we word it, people will be confused. Incidentally, half the people reading your post will also be confused because they'll think your arrows for dependencies are the wrong way around. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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