f12 yum/rpm commands to list all dependencies on a library

[Tony Nelson]

On 09-11-21 21:07:14, Skunk Worx wrote:
> On f12 I see a package called oprofile-gui depends on the qt3-3.8b
> rpm.
> 
> What command(s) can I run inside a local repo (where all the rpm 
> packages are) that will tell me how many f12 "Everything" packages 
> are still using qt3?

    # repoquery --whatrequires --alldeps qt3

You may need to specify the repository with
"--repofrompath=<repoid>,<path/url>" see `man repoquery`.


> What command(s) can I run for the locally installed package set that 
> will tell me how many packages are still using qt3?

Well, there's always `yum remove qt3` and answer "no" (as long as 
"assumeyes" is not set).


> I have a project that I am porting to x86_64/qt4 and would prefer not
> to mix the two subsystems on my development machine.
> 
> The /etc/profile.d/qt* files are currently pointing the default 
> QTDIR, QTINC, QTLIB, and PATH variables at qt-3.3 locations even 
> though I'v installed qt-devel which is qt-4.5.

Possibly this is a use for a chroot, or maybe mock or even mach.  (I 
have not done this.)

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