On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On installation, the packages database stores both dependency > directions. /var/db/pkg/<PACKAGE>/+CONTENTS contains the list of > pre-requisite packages in `...@pkgdep' records. The +CONTENTS file is > part of the package. /var/db/pkg/<PACKAGE>/+REQUIRED_BY contains the > `required-by' list and is maintained automatically by the package > management tools (eg installing `foo' which depends on `bar' adds > a line `foo' to /var/db/pkg/bar/+REQUIRED_BY, which is removed if > the package in removed).
I've never found the +REQUIRED_BY data to be consistently maintained for me - i.e. there are usually dependent packages referenced there which no longer exist on my system, several versions of packages when I've done a remove old/add new version, etc. I should spend some time to try and figure out what's causing this inconsistency..does anyone else see behaviour like this? Kris ----- The Feynman problem-solving algorithm: 1. Write down the problem 2. Think real hard 3. Write down the solution To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message