Lenore Horner wrote: > I would have expected port dependents foo to tell me all the things > that depend in any way on foo. If I understand correctly what I am > seeing, it tells me only what has run-time dependencies on foo.
You only see ports currently being installed and having a library or runtime dependency (depends_lib/depends_run). Build time dependencies (depends_build) are not considered. > I can > understand that after installing bar it would be safe to uninstall foo > if bar had only a build dependency on it. However, what if bar has a > library dependency on foo? If I uninstall foo does that kill its > libraries breaking bar or does it leave behind all the libraries in > which case how does one keep from ending up with a hopelessly > cluttered system? You will get a warning if you try to uninstall foo although bar is still installed and depends on it. Rainer _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
