On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote: > On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:42:04 -0500, Steve Feehan wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 07:38:14PM -0500, Sergei Mikhailov wrote: > > >> Is there an rpm command that would list all packages that depend on a > >> given package? For example, mod_ssl is one of the packages that > >> requires that httpd is installed. Say, I want all packages that require > >> httpd. > > > rpm --whatrequires httpd > > Hmm, different version of RPM? > Mine needs "--redhatrequires" (4.2.1-0.30 FC1) > Actually, --redhatrequires does the query against the distro rpmdb that contains headers of all rpms that could be installed by the distribution whereas --whatrequires is going against your systems rpmdb (unless of course you specify --dbpath). So if you question was: What rpms on my system require X? Then --whatrequires is the answer. If your question is: What rpms in my distribution require X? Then --redhatprovides is your answer (and I think on fedor its --fedorarequires). Cheers...james > - > K. > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
