Re: Package and port dependencies

On 11/12/2024 09:46, Johan Helsingius wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On my server that is running 14.2, the daily security run output
> has a couple of complaints:
> 
> Checking for packages with security vulnerabilities:
> Database fetched: 2024-12-11T02:45+01:00
> db5-5.3.28_9: Tag: expiration_date Value: 2022-06-30
> db5-5.3.28_9: Tag: deprecated Value: EOLd, potential security issues,
> maybe use db18 instead
> dialog4ports-0.1.6_2: Tag: deprecated Value: Consider using ports-mgmt/
> portconfig which is a dropin replacement
> pcre-8.45_4: Tag: deprecated Value: EOLed by upstream, use devel/pcre2
> instead
> 
> I would love to just remove those, but I wonder if something needs them.
> Is there any easy way to check if any ports or packages depend on
> those packages?

pkg info -r <pkg>

gives reverse dependencies of the package, i.e. those installed packages
that require it.


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