simple&silly wish to know port dependency.

From: Zhang Weiwu (weiwuzhang_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/01/03

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    Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:45:22 +0800
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    Hello. When I make deinstall a port I often get the message:
    port xxx depends on this port, but I'll still deinstall it anyway.

    That's really frustrating. I'd like to be able to know who depends on it
    before de-installing it. Any suggestions?

    Look through the handbook I didn't find an answer.

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