using dependency criteria before package removal

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Thu Mar 19 13:11:00 PDT 2009


Artie Ziff wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I noticed that my MacPort builds python 2.4. I probably do not need it.
> 
> In an effort to learn how to better manage the MacPort tree (which must
> be huge by now), can I remove python 2.4? Here's some info:
> 
> $ port -v deps python24
> python24 has library dependencies on:
> 	port:gettext

You will get an error message if you try to uninstall a port that has
dependents. Or you can find out beforehand like this:

port dependents python24

- Josh


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