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kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

two-way dependency tracking

Just installed Arch an hour ago and I'm impressed..

Coming from Debian I wonder..
Does Arch package management support two-way dependency tracking?
So.. when I install package A which requires package B, is there a methode to check if package B is still needed (and offer it's removal) when I remove package A?

If not.. how is this normally handled?

elasticdog

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2005-05-02

Posts: 995

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Re: two-way dependency tracking

Yes pacman does offer this with the --recursive flag...take a look through "pacman -Rh" or "man pacman".

kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

Re: two-way dependency tracking

cool, thanks.

phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: two-way dependency tracking

Also -Qe will list packages no longer used by anything (--query --orphans for the long options)

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Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: two-way dependency tracking

Yes pacman does offer this with the --recursive flag...take a look through "pacman -Rh" or "man pacman".

Sorry for being a "nitpicker":  pacman -Rs

Cheers Sigi

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lessthanjake

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From: Norway

Registered: 2005-11-09

Posts: 319

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Re: two-way dependency tracking

Think he ment that pacman -Rh gives you help on the -R option.

Sigi

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From: Thurgau, Switzerland

Registered: 2005-09-22

Posts: 1,131

Re: two-way dependency tracking

oops, stupid /me. Thanks lessthanjake.

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kel_p

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From: De Kwakel

Registered: 2007-05-10

Posts: 65

Re: two-way dependency tracking

I did find the -Rs flag after posting, works great.
The -Qe flag is very usefull also..

Is it possible -Qe gives me only 1 package (dbh 1.0.24-2) on an almost fresh install?