Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Rich Smrcina
When installing SLES7 and having picked a configuration. If a package is de-selected from that configuration a dependencies dialog will come up indicating that other packages depend on it. How does one go about determining which package(s) depend upon a deleted package? The F2 (info) screen is

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Steven Adams
On Sunday 22 December 2002 06:56 am, you wrote: When installing SLES7 and having picked a configuration. If a package is de-selected from that configuration a dependencies dialog will come up indicating that other packages depend on it. How does one go about determining which package(s)

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Steven Adams
On Sunday 22 December 2002 10:40 am, Steven Adams wrote: On Sunday 22 December 2002 06:56 am, you wrote: When installing SLES7 and having picked a configuration. If a package is de-selected from that configuration a dependencies dialog will come up indicating that other packages depend on

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Mark Post
involve a certain amount of work, to say the least. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steven Adams Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 2:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Determining dependencies On Sunday 22 December 2002 10:40

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Steven Adams
On Sunday 22 December 2002 12:40 pm, you wrote: Except this won't do what Rich wants, either. He wants to know what other packages depend on this one. The only way to figure that out, from what I can see, is to query every single package in the RPM database, and search/grep for this one.

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Rich Smrcina
During the install of SLES7, if I remove a preselected package, for instance libjpeg, I will get a 'Failed Dependencies' dialog which will give me the chance to re-select it. This dialog is an indication to me that some other package requires libjpeg. I need to find out what that other package

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Mark Post
on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rich Smrcina Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Determining dependencies When installing SLES7 and having picked a configuration. If a package is de-selected from that configuration a dependencies dialog

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread John Summerfield
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Steven Adams wrote: On Sunday 22 December 2002 10:40 am, Steven Adams wrote: On Sunday 22 December 2002 06:56 am, you wrote: When installing SLES7 and having picked a configuration. If a package is de-selected from that configuration a dependencies dialog will come

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread John Summerfield
On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Mark Post wrote: Except this won't do what Rich wants, either. He wants to know what other packages depend on this one. The only way to figure that out, from what I can see, is to query every single package in the RPM database, and search/grep for this one. Now, it

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Steven Adams
Good point, guess that proves the theory that there is more than one right way of doing things. On Sunday 22 December 2002 01:59 pm, you wrote: I think Steve should have suggested rpm -qa | grep package | xargs rpm -qR

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Mark Post
-Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Summerfield Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 5:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Determining dependencies On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Mark Post wrote: Except this won't do what Rich wants, either. He wants

Re: Determining dependencies

2002-12-22 Thread Rob van der Heij
At 22:38 22-12-02, Rich Smrcina wrote: During the install of SLES7, if I remove a preselected package, for instance libjpeg, I will get a 'Failed Dependencies' dialog which will give me the chance to re-select it. This dialog is an indication to me that some other package requires libjpeg. I