On 23/05/2013 22:15, David Guntner wrote: > (I'm on the list, so replying back to the list is probably best.) > > theart...@zoho.com grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> Check it 'deborphan', in the archive. It does a reverse >> dependency lookup on a package, similar to apt-cache's depends >> and rdepends commands, but only shows installed packages. >> >> So to see all the packages you have installed that depend on >> avahi, run: deborphan -a avahi-daemon or to see the packages >> that depend on or 'recommend' avahi, run: deborphan -an >> avahi-daemon > > Thanks; good to know about that one, but that's not quite what I'm > looking for. I'm hoping that someone on the list knows if it's > something that's really needed. I already know there are packages > set as dependent on it since it tells me all about that when I try > to purge the package. :-) > > --Dave >
Hi, if you don't use it (have no use for mdns/zeroconf stuff on your network) you can do without, I sure do. Few packages actually depend on it, most often it's a "suggest" or "recommend". If a metapackage depends on it (like Gnome) you can always get rid of the metapackage, it won't remove the whole Gnome desktop environment. My 2 cents. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/519e82e9.8010...@googlemail.com
