How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-09 Thread Joshua Root
Apparently commands such as port dependents xxx or port echo dependentof:xxx will only list *installed* dependents --- and xxx must itself be installed. How can I get a full list of ports that are dependents of xxx, whether or not they or xxx are installed? ATM I would like to see

Re: How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-09 Thread Ian Wadham
On 10/02/2013, at 7:37 AM, Joshua Root wrote: Apparently commands such as port dependents xxx or port echo dependentof:xxx will only list *installed* dependents --- and xxx must itself be installed. How can I get a full list of ports that are dependents of xxx, whether or not they or xxx

Re: How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-09 Thread Lawrence Velázquez
On Feb 9, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Ian Wadham iandw...@gmail.com wrote: This (and other questions regarding development of Pallet and MacPorts.framework) is probably more suited to the macports-dev list, where you'll get the attention of more developer types. I will, if and when I am ready, but I

Re: How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-09 Thread Ian Wadham
On 10/02/2013, at 1:57 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: On Feb 9, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Ian Wadham iandw...@gmail.com wrote: This (and other questions regarding development of Pallet and MacPorts.framework) is probably more suited to the macports-dev list, where you'll get the attention of more

Re: How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-09 Thread Ian Wadham
On 10/02/2013, at 1:11 PM, Ian Wadham wrote: On 10/02/2013, at 7:37 AM, Joshua Root wrote: MacPorts_Framework is still in a pretty pre-alpha state, so I wouldn't worry too much about maintaining compatibility if not doing so will make it better. Just make sure you mention the interface

Re: How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-08 Thread Ian Wadham
On 08/02/2013, at 6:13 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: On Feb 7, 2013, at 23:26, Ian Wadham wrote: How can I get a full list of ports that are dependents of xxx, whether or not they or xxx are installed? I grep the Portfiles, which tells me Pallet is the only user of MacPorts_Framework at this

Re: How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-08 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 8, 2013, at 17:57, Ian Wadham wrote: BTW, I was under the impression that Macports works with a SQLite database. Could I write SQL SELECT commands for that? i.e. read only access. The SQLite database is the registry, i.e. only the ports that are installed on your system.

How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-07 Thread Ian Wadham
Apparently commands such as port dependents xxx or port echo dependentof:xxx will only list *installed* dependents --- and xxx must itself be installed. How can I get a full list of ports that are dependents of xxx, whether or not they or xxx are installed? ATM I would like to see which ports

Re: How to get a full list of dependents?

2013-02-07 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Feb 7, 2013, at 23:26, Ian Wadham wrote: Apparently commands such as port dependents xxx or port echo dependentof:xxx will only list *installed* dependents --- and xxx must itself be installed. How can I get a full list of ports that are dependents of xxx, whether or not they or xxx