Finding a port's dependencies

Elias Pipping pipping at macports.org
Mon Mar 26 12:40:19 PDT 2007


On Mar 26, 2007, at 6:58 PM, Mark Duling wrote:

>> I forget again: is there an easy way to tell if any
>>> ports depend on those?
>>
>> yes, there is:
>>
>> $grep :cairo-devel */*/Portfile
>
> I'll put this in the FAQ.  Would it be useful to make the port  
> command do
> this in a future revision?
>
> Mark

Yes, I that'd be a good idea.


Regards,

Elias



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