Hi all :-)

How do I know if _other_ packages depend on the package I want to remove?


Thanks,

Robert.

Robert Jaemmrich wrote:

> Hi all :-)
>
> How do I know if _other_ packages depend on the package I want to remove?

first you'll have to make sure gentoolkit is installed.

$ emerge -s gentoolkit

if not, do a

$ emerge gentoolkit

and afterwards, there will be a tool called "etcat". for example,

$ etcat -d mozilla

shows you all packages depending on mozilla. but be aware, etcat uses
regular expressions, so there might a little bit more output than expected.
for example, etcat -d mozilla also gives you something like

* net-www/mozilla-firebird-0.6-r4
!net-www/mozilla-firebird-bin

there's a nice description in last GWN covering more options, have a look at
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20....xml#doc_chap9

Dennis