Uninstalling a Port

[Peter Hindrichs]

On 2009-12-22, at 21:32 , nox wrote:

> A dependent of X is a port Y which depends on X.
> A dependency of X is a port Y which X depends on.
> 
So if port Y depends on say A, B, C, what would be the correct way to uninstall Y and its dependencies. 

> Le 23 déc. 2009 à 03:20, Peter Hindrichs a écrit :
> 
>> Yes I thought that they would be one in the same. Further explanation would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> On 2009-12-22, at 21:17 , Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>> 
>>>>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> writes:
>>> 
>>> Joshua> He said dependencies, not dependents. Probably want port_cutleaves.
>>> 
>>> OK, can you elaborate?  What are the differences?
>>> 
>>> If I say "port uninstall foo" and it says "can't do that, bar needs it",
>>> is bar a dependency or a dependent or both, and if not both, what's
>>> an example of the other?
>>> 
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Peter 

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