Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread James Colannino
No, I don't mean checking for broken ports :-P In fact, when I Google around for the answer to my question, that's all I can find, which is why I bring my question to the mailing list instead :) Maybe broken ports or broken packages isn't the right term (what should I be searching for

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:27:54 -0700 James Colannino ja...@colannino.org wrote: What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against libraries that are no longer there? I'm paranoid that at some point, while I'm

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread James Colannino
On 11/04/11 23:53, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:27:54 -0700 James Colanninoja...@colannino.org wrote: What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against libraries that are no longer there?

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, James Colannino ja...@colannino.org wrote: No, I don't mean checking for broken ports :-P  In fact, when I Google around for the answer to my question, that's all I can find, which is why I bring my question to the mailing list instead :)  Maybe broken ports or

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread James Colannino
On 11/05/11 12:43, C. P. Ghost wrote: I'm using the following script (attached). Thanks for the script. By any chance, are you a Gentoo user (or were you at one point)? revdep-rebuild, a part of the gentoolkit, is the first thing I think of when I think about fixing broken packages :)

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, C. P. Ghost wrote: On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, James Colannino ja...@colannino.org wrote: No, I don't mean checking for broken ports :-P  In fact, when I Google around for the answer to my question, that's all I can find, which is why I bring my question to the mailing